Gilloflower

Full definition of gilloflower

Noun

1. Alternative spelling of gillyflower
• 1640, John Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, chapter 72 “Leucoium. Stocke Gilloflowers”, page 622:I will alÅ¿o diÅ¿tinguiÅ¿h and Å¿eparate them, entreating in the next Chapter of thoÅ¿e that beare yellow flowers and greene leaves, which is the diÅ¿tinction betweene a Wallflower and a Gilloflower, yet I will here give you the figure of the Å¿ingle garden Stocke Gilloflowers.