Definition of: gilliflower

(jil′ē·flou′ər) noun
1. One of various plants of the mustard family, as the common stock, the wallflower, or the rocket.
2. A plant of the pink family, as the clove pink: the Middle English and Elizabethan sense.
3. The feathered gilliflower (Dianthus plumarius) and ragged robin.
4. A variety of apple. Also gil′ly·flow′er. [Alter, of ME gilofre <OF, var. of girofle a clove <L caryophyllum <Gk. karyophyllon a clove tree]