Saumon Gentil (was: SC - Re: SC- Turkish Food)

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/11/01 10:52:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
jenne at mail.browser.net writes:

<< Uh-- guys, where did the Gillyflowers go? And where the did the cloves
 come from?  >>

Gilliyflower  being used to mean carnations is a later meaning of the word 
original the term meant cloves.

>From Miriam-Webster:

gil*ly*flow*er (noun)

[by folk etymology from Middle English gilofre clove, from Middle French 
girofle, gilofre, from Latin caryophyllum, from Greek karyophyllon, from 
karyon nut + phyllon leaf -- more at CAREEN, BLADE]

First appeared 1551

 : CARNATION 2

Ras