sweet alyssum

English

Sweet alyssum

Noun

sweet alyssum (usually uncountable, plural sweet alyssums)

1. A low-growing flowering annual (Lobularia maritima).
   • 1944, Emily Carr, “A Visitor”, in The House of All Sorts:

     The smell of wall-flower and sweet alyssum rose from the garden, and the inexpressible freshness of the daffodils.

Translations

Lobularia maritima

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 香雪球 (xiāngxuěqiú)

• Dutch: zilverschildzaad n
• French: alysson maritime (fr)

Further reading

• sweet alyssum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lobularia maritima on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lobularia maritima on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons