The Collaborative International Dictionary
mahon stock \ma*hon" stock`\ (Bot.) An annual cruciferous plant with reddish purple or white flowers ( Malcolmia maritima). It is called in England Virginia stock, but the plant comes from the Mediterranean.
Virginia \Vir*gin"i*a\, n. One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia.
Virginia cowslip (Bot.), the American lungwort ( Mertensia Virginica).
Virginia creeper (Bot.), a common ornamental North American woody vine ( Ampelopsis quinquefolia), climbing extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also woodbine, and American ivy. [U. S.]
Virginia fence. See Worm fence, under Fence.
Virginia nightingale (Zo["o]l.), the cardinal bird. See under Cardinal.
Virginia quail (Zo["o]l.), the bobwhite.
Virginia reel, an old English contradance; -- so called in
the United States.
--Bartlett.
Virginia stock. (Bot.) See Mahon stock.