Alyssum
7.9
A small garden plant that has many small white or yellow flowers
- noun
- /əˈlɪsəm/
- Specialized
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Alyssum
- The garden was filled with vibrant colors, including the delicate white flowers of alyssum.
- sweet Alyssum
Examples
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Then marigolds, orange and gold, and alyssum.
Fiction book (1995) -
There's super tunia, white charm, white night, sweet alyssum and super being a white out.
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We have some alyssum in here and lambs here, which was new, the Vertigo penicidum.
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In the spring, alyssum blooms beautifully, attracting bees and butterflies to the garden.
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She planted alyssum along the walkway, where its small flowers added charm and fragrance.
Compounds
hoary alyssum
- Specialized
9.9
A small European plant with grey green fuzzy leaves, many small white flowers, often a weed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Alyssum comes from Greek parts a- ('without') and lyssa ('madness' or 'rabies') because people in the past used the plant to treat rabies. So the name means 'without rabies', which helps you remember that Alyssum is a flower once thought to stop that illness.
