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Webster 1913 Edition

Alyssum

‖

A-lys′sum

(ȧ-lĭs′sŭm)

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ἄλυσσον

, name of a plant, perh. fr.

ἀ

priv. +

λύσσα

raging madness.]

(Bot.)

A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The

sweet alyssum

(

Alyssum maritimum

), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers.