Malcolm stock
- noun
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Malcolmia
- The garden features a bed of fragrant Malcolm stock in full bloom.
Examples
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She planted several Malcolm stocks along the garden path to add color and scent.
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Horticulturists often recommend Malcolm stock for its hardiness and attractive flowers.
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The garden is full of beautiful Malcolm stock.
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I love the vibrant colors of Malcolm stocks in spring.
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Horticulturists often recommend Malcolm stock for its hardiness and attractive flowers.
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She planted several Malcolm stocks along the garden path to add color and scent.
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The garden features a bed of fragrant Malcolm stock in full bloom.
Synonyms
A small seaside flowering plant with fragrant groups of pink, white, red or lilac flowers
A small garden plant with sweet smelling pink, white, red or lilac flowers
A garden flower that lives for one year with sweet smelling clusters of small pink, white, red or lilac blooms
A small flowering plant often grown in coastal gardens for its pretty flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Malcolm + stock
The headword combines a proper name 'Malcolm' with the noun 'stock' (a type of garden flower), so a learner who knows 'stock' will readily infer this is a variety or named type of stock flower. Proper-name modifiers commonly signal cultivar or species names cross-linguistically, so the overall meaning is compositional and understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Malcolm stock may be named for a gardener called Malcolm combined with stock, an old garden word for plants that grow tall stems covered in flowers. So the name gives the image of a gardener's plant full of pretty blooms, and that is why it means an ornamental flowering plant.
