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alyssum

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun alyssum has 2 senses

alyssum(n = noun.plant) madwort - any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers; Array

is a kind of crucifer, cruciferous plant

is a member of alyssum, genus alyssum

alyssum(n = noun.plant) genus alyssum - a genus of the family Cruciferae; Array

is a kind of dilleniid dicot genus

is a member of brassicaceae, cruciferae, family brassicaceae, family cruciferae, mustard family

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CIDE DICTIONARY

alyssum, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a`lysson, name of a plant, perh. fr. 'a priv. + ly`ssa raging madness.].

A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum (Alyssum maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

alyssum, n. any plant of the genus Alyssum, widely cultivated and usu. having yellow or white flowers.

Etymology

L f. Gk alusson

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