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Definition of Alyssum
1. Noun. Any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Crucifer, Cruciferous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Alyssum
2. Noun. A genus of the family Cruciferae.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, Family Brassicaceae, Family Cruciferae, Mustard Family
Member holonyms: Madwort
Definition of Alyssum
1. n. A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum (A. maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers.
Definition of Alyssum
1. Noun. Any of several plants, of the genus ''Alyssum'', that have racemes of white or yellow flowers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alyssum
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Alyssum
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Alyssum
Literary usage of Alyssum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter, John Kunkel Small (1903)
"YELLOW OR SMALL alyssum. (Man. p. 466 ; IF /. /7Í/.) In fields, Ont. to NJ and Iowa.
Also in the far West. Nat. or adv. from Eu. ..."
2. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1896)
"alyssum habit, with light purple flowers ; a form of this with flowers of a deeper
... Genus alyssum alyssum (Greek, a, privative, and luxmi, rage, frenzy, ..."
3. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"It succeeds in any common garden soil, if not too heavy. alyssum. ... or Golden
alyssum,—is a desirable vernal flower, of dwarf habit, proper for rock-work, ..."
4. Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate Them by Edward Sprague Rand (1876)
"SWEET alyssum. THE pretty little well-known flower called Sweet alyssum has had a
... In the allied genus alyssum there are many species of early-blooming ..."
5. Seventy-five Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate Them by Edward Sprague Rand (1870)
"SWEET alyssum. THE pretty little well-known flower called Sweet alyssum has had a
... In the allied genus alyssum there are many species of early-blooming ..."
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