Associations to the word «Matthiola»

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Wiktionary

MATTHIOLA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae   — the stocks.

Dictionary definition

MATTHIOLA, noun. Genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats