'Virginia stock' definitions:
Definition of 'Virginia stock'
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noun
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]
Definition of 'Virginia stock'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Virginia stock'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]