gillenia

[Named by Mench after Dr. Arnold Gillen, a German botanist.] Bot.: A genus of Rosaceæ, family Spiræide. The root of Gillenia trifoliata and that of G. stipulacea are emetic, and perhaps tonic. They are used in this country as ipecacuanha. gil-lět, s. [A dim in. of gill (4), s.; cf. giglet.] A sportive or wanton girl or woman; a giglet. GI1-11-ạn, s . [A softened form of Julian a , the female name corresponding to Lat. Julius .] A girl, a sweetheart; a wanton or loose girl. gil-lle, s . [Gael. gille a boy, a gillie.] In the Highlands a man-servant, an out-door attendant; especially one who accompanies his master while hunting. gil-liēş'-I-a, s, [Named after Dr. Gillies of Mendoza in Chili.] Bot.: The typical genus of the small order Gillies i aceæ (q. v.). gil-liēş-1-ā-çe-sæ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. gillies i (a) (q. v.), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff.dceœ.] Bot.: Gillies i ads, an order of Exogens, alliance Liliales. It consists of small herbaceous plants with tunicated bulbs. The leaves are gra y; the flowers, which are inconspicuous, are umbellate, surrounded by bracts, the outer petaloid and herbaceous, the inner colored; perianth minute; stamens six, three sometimes sterile; ovary superior, three celled; style one, stigma simple; capsule three celled, three-valved, many-seeded. They are found in Chili. Lindley enumerated two genera, and estimated the known species at five.