Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gillyflower
2 senses of gillyflower
Sense 1
stock, gillyflower -- (any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers)
=> flower -- (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Sense 2
carnation, clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus -- (Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors)
=> pink, garden pink -- (any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers)