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Cheiranthus Cheiri
(gcide) | Gillyflower \Gil"ly*flow`er\, n. [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove,
OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. girofl['e]e
gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. ? clove tree; ? nut + ? leaf,
akin to E. foliage. Cf. Caryophyllus, July-flower.]
[Written also gilliflower.] (Bot.)
1. A name given by old writers to the clove pink ({Dianthus
Caryophyllus}) but now to the common stock ({Matthiola
incana}), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant
blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white.
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2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red
color, and having a large core.
Clove gillyflower, the clove pink.
Marsh gillyflower, the ragged robin ({Lychnis
Flos-cuculi}).
Queen's gillyflower, or Winter gillyflower, damewort.
Sea gillyflower, the thrift (Armeria vulgaris).
Wall gillyflower, the wallflower (Cheiranthus Cheiri).
Water gillyflower, the water violet.
[1913 Webster]Wallflower \Wall"flow`er\, n.
1. (Bot.) A perennial, cruciferous plant ({Cheiranthus
Cheiri}), with sweet-scented flowers varying in color from
yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on
old walls.
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Note: The name is sometimes extended to other species of
Cheiranthus and of the related genus Erysimum,
especially the American Western wallflower ({Erysimum
asperum}), a biennial herb with orange-yellow flowers.
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2. A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not
asked to dance, remains a spectator. [Colloq.]
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3. (Bot.) In Australia, the desert poison bush ({Gastrolobium
grandiflorum}); -- called also native wallflower.
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cheiranthus allionii
(wn) | Cheiranthus allionii
n 1: showy erect biennial or short-lived perennial cultivated
for its terminal racemes of orange-yellow flowers;
sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus [syn: {Siberian wall
flower}, Erysimum allionii, Cheiranthus allionii] |
cheiranthus asperus
(wn) | Cheiranthus asperus
n 1: biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having
orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota
and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus [syn:
western wall flower, Erysimum asperum, {Cheiranthus
asperus}, Erysimum arkansanum] |
cheiranthus cheiri
(wn) | Cheiranthus cheiri
n 1: perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant
flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often
naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in
genus Erysimum [syn: wallflower, Cheiranthus cheiri,
Erysimum cheiri] |
genus cheiranthus
(wn) | genus Cheiranthus
n 1: Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowers
[syn: Cheiranthus, genus Cheiranthus] |
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