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Alyssum

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Noun

1. alyssum, madwort

any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers

2. alyssum, genus alyssum

a genus of the family Cruciferae

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Alyssum

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noun
any widely cultivated herbaceous garden plant of the genus Alyssum, having clusters of small yellow or white flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
See also sweet alyssum, alison

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Alyssum

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noun
1. 
any of a genus (Alyssum) of crucifers with white or yellow flowers and grayish leaves
2. 
sweet alyssum

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Alyssum

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n.
1. Any of various chiefly Mediterranean weeds or ornamentals of the genus Alyssum in the mustard family, having racemes of white or yellow flowers. Also called madwort.
2. Any of various similar plants in the mustard family, especially sweet alyssum.

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