 Lat. caryophyllum =a clove, and referring to the spicy odour of the flower, which seems to have been used in flavouring wines to replace the more costly clove of India. The name was originally given in India to plants of the Pink tribe, especially the...  A Dictionary of English Plant-names - Page 202by James Britten, Robert Holland - 1886 - 618 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Tusser - Agriculture - 1878 - 400 pages
...or, as in Albert Magn. (lib. vi. cap. 22), gariofilus, corrupted from Lat. catyophyllum —a clove, and referring to the spicy odour of the flower, which...costly clove of India. The name was originally given in India to plants of the Pink tribe, especially the carnation, but has in England been transferred of... | |
 | thomas tusser - 1878 - 392 pages
...or, as in Albert Magn. (lib. vi. cap. 22), gariofilus, corrupted from Lat. caryoph)>llum =a clove, and referring to the spicy odour of the flower, which...costly clove of India. The name was originally given in India to plants of the Pink tribe, especially the carnation, but has in England been transferred of... | |
 | Thomas Tusser - Agriculture - 1878 - 392 pages
...gariofilum, or, as in Albert Magn. (lib. vi. cap. 22), gariofilus, corrupted from Lat. caryophyllum =a clove, and referring to the spicy odour of the flower, which...costly clove of India. The name was originally given in India to plants of the Pink tribe, especially the carnation, but has in England been transferred of... | |
 | Thomas Tusser - Agriculture - 1878 - 398 pages
...gariofilum, or, as in Albert Magn. (lib. vi. cap. 22), gariofilus, corrupted from Lat. caryophyllum =a clove, and referring to the spicy odour of the flower, which...have been used in flavouring wines to replace the rrjore costly clove of India. The name was originally given in India to plants of the Pink tribe, especially... | |
 | Hugh Chisholm - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 1004 pages
...to the spicy odour of the flower, which seems lo have been used in flavouring wine and other liquors to replace the more costly clove of India. The name...England been transferred of late years to several crucifcrous-plants." The gillyflower of Chaucer and Spenser and Shakespeare was, as in Italy, Dianthus... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 998 pages
...the French giroflée, Italian garó/alo (M. Lat. gariojilum), corrupted írom the Latin Caryophyllum, and referring to the spicy odour of the flower, which seems to have been used in flavouring wine and other liquors to replace the more costly clove of India. The name was originally given in... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 1002 pages
...the French girojtcc, Italian garofalo (M. Lat. gariojilum), corrupted irom the Latin Caryophyllum, and referring to the spicy odour of the flower, which seems to have been used in flavouring wine and other liquors to replace the more costly clove of India, The name was originally given in... | |
 | Hugh Chisholm - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 1002 pages
...the French giroflée, Italian garofalo (M. Lat. gariofilum), corrupted from the Latin Caryophyllum, and referring to the spicy odour of the flower, which seems to have been used in flavouring wine and other liquors to replace the more costly clove of India. The name was originally given in... | |
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