Definitions
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- proper n. A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae — the stocks.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- proper n. A genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of plants of the order Cruciferæ and tribe Arabideæ, characterized by a long many-seeded silique, and stigmas often thickened or horned at the back.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals
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Examples
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In two flowers of _Matthiola incana_, that I observed to be joined together, there were eight sepals, eight petals, and ten perfect stamens, eight long and two short, instead of twelve.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
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Chorisis may also serve to account for some of these cases; thus, Eichler [403] figures a flower of _Matthiola annua_ with five long stamens instead of four; one of the long pairs of stamens has here undergone a greater degree of repetition than usual.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
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Moquin mentions having seen the stamens of _Matthiola incana_ and
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
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In these _khets_ Reseda is very abundant, Heliotrope is also common; I picked up a Matthiola and a Pommereulla.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
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_Joussa_ grows abundantly on its immediate banks, together with excellent grass and some clover, one or two new Compositae, one of them a Matthiola, otherwise Artemisiae, Stipa, Centaurea spinaceis herb.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
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A few like the wall-flower (_Cheiranthus_) and stock (_Matthiola_) are cultivated for ornament.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses
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He has observed it even between closely related forms (as Matthiola annua and gilabra) which many botanists rank only as varieties.
IX. Hybridism. Laws Governing the Sterility of First Crosses and of Hybrids
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(_Matthiola sinuata_), the rare Sea-Cudweed (_Diotis candidissima_), and the Wild Asparagus (_A. officinalis_).
The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway
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-- The Ten-weeks and the biennial or Brompton stocks (species of _Matthiola_) are found in nearly all old-fashioned gardens.
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Matthiola or stock, in many forms; Wallflower-leaved; bicornis.
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