virginia stock

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   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

   SynonymsVirginian stockMalcolmia maritima

   Broaderflower

Questions about virginia stock

What does virginia stock mean?

virginia stock means "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".

What is another word for virginia stock?

Close synonyms include Virginian stock, Malcolmia maritima. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is virginia stock a common word?

virginia stock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.