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Gillyflower and Gillyflower

"The name was originally given, in Italy, to plants of the Pink tribe, especially the Carnation, but has of late years, in England, been transferred to several cruciferous plants. That of Chaucer, Spencer, and Shakespeare was, as in Italy, Dianthus Caryophyllus; that of later writers and gardeners, Matthiola and Cheiranthus" (Britten and Holland, "Dictionary of English Plant Names").