ˈstock-ˌgillyflower
Forms: see gillyflower; also 6 gyllofer, gelefloure, -flower, gille-, 7 jellyflower.
[Cf. Flem. stokvioliere ‘viola lignescens’ (Kilian), now stokviolier, -f(e)lier, stoffelier (De Bo).]
The plant Matthiola incana; so called as having a woody stem, in distinction from clove-gillyflower. (See also stock n.1 43.)
| 1530 Palsgr. 276/2 Stocke gyllofer, armorie bastarde. 1548 Turner Names Herbes 80 Purple and blew stock-gelefloures. 1655 Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. iii. 19 Stock-gillyflowers. 1677 Grew Anat. Plants, etc. (1682) 271 The Purple Flower of Stock-July Flowers. 1894 Blackmore Perlycross xlii, With..stock-gilly flowers in their hands. |