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virginia stock
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Virginia stock
(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.
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Virginia stock
(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.
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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
(wn) | 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] |
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