giration, n.f., gyration.

giratoire, adj., gyral, gyratory.

giraumon or giraumont, n.m., (bot.) pumpkin.

girofle, n.m., (bot.) clove. Un clou de —; a clove. Griffe de —; clove-stalk.

giroflée, n.f., gilliflower, stock. — jaune; wallflower. Une — à cinq feuilles; (pop.) slap in the face.

giroflée, adj., of clove. Cannelle —; (com.) clove-bark.

giroflier, n.m., (bot.) clove-tree.

girolle, n.f., edible agaric.

giron, n.m., lap; (arch.) tread (of a step); (her.) gyron. Le — de l’église; the bosom, pale, of the Church.

gironde, n.f., (French hist.) Girondist party.