ten-weeks stock

[ ten-weeks ]

noun

1. a stock, Matthiola incana annua, of the mustard family, having spikes of white, lilac, or crimson flowers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ten-weeks stock¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

And in the area windows there were pots of flowers: ten-weeks' stock, and spice pinks, and geraniums that were considered quite a rarity.

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Phlox and ten-weeks stock were there, as everywhere, the last sweet-scented flowers of autumn.

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Ten-weeks stock WhitePurplePink JuneJuly 1½ ft.

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Ten-weeks stock PinkPurpleWhite JuneJuly 1 ft.

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The Ten-weeks stock is usually grown from seed sown in hotbeds or boxes in March.

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