alyssum : Idioms & Phrases

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genus alyssum

  • noun a genus of the family Cruciferae
    Alyssum.
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hoary alyssum

  • noun tall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods; naturalized in North America; sometimes a troublesome weed
    Berteroa incana; hoary alison.
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Sweet alyssum

  • noun perennial European plant having clusters of small fragrant usually white flowers; widely grown in gardens
    Lobularia maritima; sweet alison.
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  • . (Bot.) See Alyssum.
Webster 1913