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English → English (gcide) Definition: Armeria vulgaris 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. [1913 Webster] 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] Lady's cushion \La“dy's cush”ion\, (Bot.) An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift (Armeria vulgaris ). [1913 Webster] Thrift \Thrift\ (thr[i^]ft), n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See Thrive.] 1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. [1913 Webster] The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. “Your thrift is gone full clean.” --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I have a mind presages me such thrift. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant. [1913 Webster] 4. (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria. [1913 Webster] Common thrift (Bot.), Armeria vulgaris; -- also called sea pink. [1913 Webster] Syn: Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]