virginia stock

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virginia stock - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  mahon stock \ma*hon" stock`\ (Bot.)
     An annual cruciferous plant with reddish purple or white
     flowers (Malcolmia maritima). It is called in England
     Virginia stock, but the plant comes from the Mediterranean.
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  Virginia \Vir*gin"i*a\, n.
     One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of
     or pertaining to the State of Virginia.
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     Virginia cowslip (Bot.), the American lungwort (Mertensia  Virginica
        ).
  
     Virginia creeper (Bot.), a common ornamental North American
        woody vine (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), climbing
        extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also
        woodbine, and American ivy. [U. S.]
  
     Virginia fence. See Worm fence, under Fence.
  
     Virginia nightingale (Zool.), the cardinal bird. See under
        Cardinal.
  
     Virginia quail (Zool.), the bobwhite.
  
     Virginia reel, an old English contradance; -- so called in
        the United States. --Bartlett.
  
     Virginia stock. (Bot.) See Mahon stock.
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virginia stock - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Virginia stock
      n 1: 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 [syn: Virginian stock, Virginia stock,
           Malcolmia maritima]