ten-weeks stock

American  

[ten-weeks] / ˈtɛnˈwiks /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of ten-weeks stock

First recorded in 1775–85

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ten-weeks stock

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

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle

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