stock-gillyflower

noun

Any of the herbaceous or half-shrubby plants in the genus Matthiola of the family Cruciferae, having their flowers in racemes, and generally beautiful and fragrant; stocks.

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Meanings

nounstock-gillyflower (plural stock-gillyflowers)

plural stock-gillyflowers · alternative stock-gilliflower

  1. Any of the herbaceous or half-shrubby plants in the genus Matthiola of the family Cruciferae, having their flowers in racemes, and generally beautiful and fragrant; stocks.

Translations

German Levkoje
  • LevkojeTranslations
Polish lewkonia
  • lewkoniaTranslations
Russian левко́й, маттио́ла
  • левко́й (levkój)Translations
  • маттио́ла (mattióla)Translations
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APA

stock-gillyflower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stock-gillyflower

MLA

“stock-gillyflower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stock-gillyflower. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stock-gillyflower,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stock-gillyflower.

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