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German
Etymology
Lack + Stock
Pronunciation
Noun
Lackstock m (strong, genitive Lackstockes or Lackstocks, plural Lackstöcke, diminutive Lackstöckchen n)
- (dated) common wallflower (Erysimum cheiri)
- Synonyms: Lackviole, Goldlack, Gold-Levkoje
- Hypernym: Schöterich
1876, Karl Müller, “Über Modeblumen und Modepflanzen. Ein Culturbild”, in Unsere Zeit: deutsche Revue der Gegenwart, volume 12 1/2GB, page 49:Eine Nelke, eine Levkoi, ein Lackstock u. dgl. war fast alles, was man an den Fenstern damaliger Zeit gewahrte.- A carnation, a stock, a wallflower and the like was nearly all that one could discern on the windows of that time.
Declension