Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GIL'LY-FLOW-ER, n. [Fr. giroflée, giroflier. The corresponding word in Arm. is genofles or genoflen.]

The name of certain plants. The clove gillyflower is of the genus Dianthus, or carnation pink; the stock gillyflower is the Cheiranthus; the queen's gillyflower is the Hesperis. Fam. of Plants.