| 单词 | brompton stock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBrompton stock In full Brompton stock, a biennial variety of the stock (see stock n.1 43). 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 1724 P. Miller Gardeners & Florists Dict. I. GI 22 There are five Sorts of..Stocks..the strip'd Sort, and the large red Brompton-Stock... The Brompton Kind is esteem'd the best. 1798 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening (ed. 2) xix. 337 Stock, Brompton, scarlet, blush, and white. 1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 583 For the latter purpose [sc. spring-flowering] none [of the stocks] beats the intermediate, Queens, Bromptons, and other biennials. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 249/2 The Brompton Stock (Matthiola incana simplicicaulis) is a robust plant, growing 3 feet high, with a long central flower stem bearing very large flowers, which are crimson, purple, or white. 1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) IV. 2034/1 The Brompton Stocks are robust, vigorous plants. < as lemmas |
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