| 单词 | night-scented stock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnight-scented stock night-scented stock n. either of two plants of the family Brassicaceae ( Cruciferae), Hesperis tristis and (now chiefly) Matthiola longipetala subsp. bicornis, with flowers which are scentless by day but strongly fragrant at night. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > stock-gillyflower and allies > [noun] stock-gillyflower1530 castle-gilliflower1578 Guernsey violet1578 stock1664 Brompton1724 ten-week stock1785 night-scented stock1849 1824 H. Phillips Flora Hist. I. 336 We have no plant that exhales so delightful a fragrance in the night as the..Night-smelling Rocket, or Night Odorous Stock.] 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §687 Hespiris tristis, or night-scented stock. 1870 W. Robinson Wild Garden ii. 54 Night-scented stock..may be established on the sunny sides of old ruins and walls. 1914 E. A. Bowles My Garden in Summer xiv. 259 The old Night-scented Stock of one's great-grandmother, is another half-hardy indispensable. 1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 159 Night-scented stock... Nothing else can equal the effect of its exquisite fragrance on the warm night air in summer. < as lemmas |
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