alyssum maritimum

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alyssum maritimum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Madwort \Mad"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     A genus of cruciferous plants (Alyssum) with white or
     yellow flowers and rounded pods. Alyssum maritimum is the
     commonly cultivated sweet alyssum, a fragrant white-flowered
     annual.
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  Alyssum \A*lys"sum\ ([.a]*l[i^]s"s[u^]m), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
     'a`lysson, name of a plant, perh. fr. 'a priv. + ly`ssa
     raging madness.] (Bot.)
     A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum
     (Alyssum maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small,
     white, sweet-scented flowers.
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