Viola
English translation: the stock-gillyflower/the violet/the colour violet
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| 5 +1 | the stock-gillyflower/the violet/the colour violet |
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| 5 | Wallflower, stock |
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peer agreement (net): +1the stock-gillyflower/the violet/the colour violet Explanation: 'Stock' is the simple form of the compound 'stock gillyflower', which is a plant of the genus 'Matthiola'. The common stock, to which your dictionary refers as simply 'stock', is known as 'Matthiola incana' in the Linnaean nomenclature. Cf. Pliny the Elder, 'Historia Naturalis', 21.6.14 § 27 and Virgil, 'Bucolica', 2.47 and 10.39. More commonly, 'viola' means the 'violet', but it is also used to mean 'the colour violet'; cf. Horace, 'Carmina', 3.10.14 and 'Epodi', 2.1.207. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2008-06-18 14:07:29 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Although 'Cheiranthus' is a Greek compound ('cheir' = 'hand' + 'anthos' = 'flower'), it must have been invented by Linnaeus, as it is not attested in Ancient Greek. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2008-06-18 14:53:38 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Luis is certainly correct that 'alhelí' means 'wallflower'. However, the Bantam New College Spanish & English dictionary defines it as 'gillyflower' as well. But the two species are unquestionably distinct, and the more authoritative Cassell's Spanish <> English dictionary restricts its definition to 'wallflower'. |
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Wallflower, stock Explanation: It can be a violet, but also a wallflower -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 mins (2008-06-18 11:50:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- (Stock is anoher name for wallflower, according to the dictionary) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 26 mins (2008-06-18 12:01:13 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- And, according to my Spanish monolingual dictionary (María Moliner) Viola, which exists in Spanish, can mean 1 Violeta (violet) or 2 Alhelí (wallflower). -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 hrs (2008-06-19 10:57:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- stock The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008 stock in botany, common name for any species of the genus Matthiola, for Malcomia maritima (Virginia stock), and for the **wallflower**, all belonging to the family Cruciferae ( mustard family), and for a carnation of the family Caryophyllaceae ( pink family). Most are herbs indigenous to the Mediterranean region and to S Africa. A few are widely cultivated, both in greenhouses and in gardens, for the fragrant blossoms—usually purplish in the wild but of various colors in horticultural types. The evening stock, or perfume plant ( Matthiola bicornis ), is night-blooming; the Brampton stock, or gillyflower ( M. incana ), has an early blooming variety ( annua ), known as ten-weeks-stock or cut-and-come-again, which is sometimes grown as a house plant. The name gillyflower is also used for the Virginia stock, the wallflower, and for the carnation of the pink family. Stock is classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Capparales, family Cruciferae; and order Caryophyllales, family Caryophyllaceae. wallflower The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008 wallflower Mediterranean perennial ( Cheiranthus cheiri ) of the family Cruciferae ( mustard family), particularly popular in Europe, where it flourishes on old walls. An old-fashioned garden flower, it is similar in appearance to the related stock and is also sometimes called gillyflower. The early spring blossoms are often much doubled; yellow, red, and brown are the prevailing colors. Related species are also called wallflower, e.g., the orange-flowered Siberian, or western, wallflower ( Erysimum asperum ), which occurs both wild and in cultivation in North America. Wallflowers are classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Capparales, family Cruciferae. |
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