What is "armeria vulgaris"

Gillyflower \Gil"ly*flow`er\, n. [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove, OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. girofl['e]e gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. ? clove tree; ? nut + ? leaf, akin to E. foliage. Cf. Caryophyllus, July-flower.] [Written also gilliflower.] (Bot.)

1. A name given by old writers to the clove pink ( Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock ( Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white.

2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core.

   Clove gillyflower, the clove pink.

   Marsh gillyflower, the ragged robin ( Lychnis Flos-cuculi).

   Queen's gillyflower, or Winter gillyflower, damewort.

   Sea gillyflower, the thrift ( Armeria vulgaris).

   Wall gillyflower, the wallflower ( Cheiranthus Cheiri).

   Water gillyflower, the water violet.

Lady's cushion \La"dy's cush"ion\, (Bot.) An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift ( Armeria vulgaris).

Thrift \Thrift\ (thr[i^]ft), n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See Thrive.]

1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.

   The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands.
   --Spenser.

2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. ``Your thrift is gone full clean.''
   --Chaucer.

   I have a mind presages me such thrift.
   --Shak.

3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

4. (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria.

   Common thrift (Bot.), Armeria vulgaris; -- also called sea pink.

   Syn: Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit.