Alyssum
See also: alyssum
Translingual
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Etymology
New Latin, from Latin ălyssŏn (“madwort (alyssum; Lobularia maritima, sweet alyssum; Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.?”), from Ancient Greek ἄλυσσον (álusson).
Proper noun
Alyssum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – flowering herbs, native to western Eurasia and North Africa, formerly including the members of Lobularia and Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Brassicales - order; Brassicaceae - family; Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - selected species. For others of the numerous species see
Alyssum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or
Alyssum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .
References
Alyssum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Alyssum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Alyssum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Alyssum at USDA Plants database