Definition of Malcolmia maritima

1. 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.

Exact synonyms: Virginia Stock, Virginian Stock
Generic synonyms: Flower

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malcolmia Maritima

Malays
Malaysia
Malaysia Militant Group
Malaysian
Malaysian Mujahidin Group
Malaysian Sign Language
Malaysian capital
Malaysian monetary unit
Malaysians
Malcolm
Malcolm Little
Malcolm Lowry
Malcolm X
Malcolm stock
Malcolmia
Malcolmia maritima (current term)
Maldivan
Maldive Islands
Maldives
Maldivian
Maldivians
Maldon
Maldonado-San Jose stain
Malebranche
Malebranchism
Malecite
Malecot catheter
Maler
Maleseet
Malevich

Literary usage of Malcolmia maritima

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun, F. W. Oliver (1895)
"... s Flower of Malcolmia maritima with the front sepal, the two front petals, and two stamens cut away; the visible portion of the ovary bearing a ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"'As it generally flourishes in exhausted soil.' Leigh's Glossary. Pretty-and-Little. Malcolmia maritima, Br. Dee. Friend. PRETTY BETSY. ..."

3. Lawns and Gardens: How to Plant and Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure by Nils Jönsson-Rose (1897)
"Virginian Stock, Malcolmia maritima.—A pretty annual six or eight inches high. Stems simple, with narrow, spathulate leaves and racemes of white, rose, ..."

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