Virginia stock


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Virginia stock

n
(Plants) a Mediterranean plant, Malcolmia maritima, cultivated for its white and pink flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.Virginia stock - erect branching herb cultivated for its loose racemes of fragrant white or pink or red or lilac flowersVirginia stock - erect branching herb cultivated for its loose racemes of fragrant white or pink or red or lilac flowers; native to sands and sea cliffs of southwestern Greece and southern Albania
Malcolmia maritima, Virginian stock
flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
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People do not grow plants, such as clarkia, candytuft, godetia and Virginia stock nowadays, but they make a splash of colour and sown in succession through the summer are easy to grow.
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The piece, named A Child' s Garden in Wales, also features Virginia stock, marigolds, and love in a mist, all typical of the kind of flowers children would have been given to grow at the time.
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The garden also features Virginia stock, marigolds, and love in a mist - all typical of the kinds of flowers children would have been given to grow at the time.
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Florida clams appeared larger, but they differed significantly only from the Virginia stock, which had the smallest mean shell length of the five stocks.
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They were Virginia Stock and cupping my hand in his, my dad wrote my name with the seeds.
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Plant a mix of night-scented stock and Virginia stock in pots and keep them indoors until after the frosts when you can plant them out.
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Our offer includes cornflower, Virginia stock, sweet William, poppy, love in the mist and night-scented stock.
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To get you off to a great start this year we' re offering every reader two free packets of flower seeds, Sunflower and Virginia Stock.
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