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Definition of Matthiola incana

1. Noun. European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Matthiola Incana

Literary usage of Matthiola incana

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

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Some later authors, however, as Martyn in his edition of the Gardener's Dictionary, seem incorrectly to consider Matthiola incana as the true gilliflower. ..."

2. How to Make a Flower Garden: A Manual of Practical Information and Suggestions by Wilhelm Miller (1903)
"Stock, Ten Weeks, Matthiola incana, var. annua. Six annuals which may be sown in autumn for early spring bloom: Candytuft, Iberis spp. Clarkia elegans. ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Some later authors, however, as Martyn in his edition of the Gardener's Dictionary, seem incorrectly to consider Matthiola incana as the true gilliflower. ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"Matthiola incana. Br. The plant is now almost universally known by the prefix stock alone, though it is occasionally [Gloucestershire] called GILLIFLOWER. ..."

5. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
"Matthiola incana. Br. The plant is now almost universally known by the prefix stock alone, though it is occasionally [Gloucestershire] called GILLIFLOWER. ..."

6. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by William Jackson Hooker (1849)
"The monstrous ovary I have reason to conclude, by having compared it with other monstrous ovaries of Matthiola incana, arises from the confluence of three ..."

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