- stock, gillyflower - any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
--1 is a kind of flower
--1 is a member of Matthiola, genus Matthiola
--1 has particulars: brompton stock, Matthiola incana - carnation, clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus - Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
--2 is a kind of pink, garden pink