Alyssum

See also: alyssum

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin ălyssŏn (madwort (alyssum; Lobularia maritima, sweet alyssum; Asperugo?), from Ancient Greek ἄλυσσον (álusson).

Proper noun

Alyssum n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – flowering herbs, native to western Eurasia and North Africa, formerly including the members of Lobularia and Aurinia.

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