Gilliflower

Gilliflower

According to American Heritage Dictionary:A gilliflower is:
*The carnation or a similar plant of the genus Dianthus.
*Any of several plants, such as the wallflower, that have fragrant flowers.Its name came via French "giroflée" from Greek "karyophyllon" = "nut-leaf" = the spice called clove. Some say that "gillyflower" originally referred to scented plants that were used in Europe as a cheap substitute for the spice called clove.

An archaic recipe for gilliflower wine is mentioned in the "Cornish Recipes Ancient & Modern" dated to 1753:

Gilliflowers are mentioned by Mrs. Lovett in the song "Wait" from the Sondheim musical "Sweeney Todd" andin the novel "La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret" (aka Abbe Mouret's Transgression or the Sin of the Father Mouret) by Émile Zola as part of the "Les Rougon-Macquart" series.

References

*"dated" 1753
*"from" St. Stephens W.I. "in" Cornish Recipes, Ancient & Modern, 22nd Edition, The Cornwall Federation of Women's Institutes 1965.
*First collected & published by Edith Martin, Tregavethan, Truro, 1929, "for" The Cornwall F.of W. I.


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