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Definition of: alyssum
(ə·lis′əm) noun
1. Any of a large genus (Alyssum) of cruciferous plants bearing white or yellow flowers.
2. Sweet alyssum. [<NL <Gk. alysson, name of a plant, ? < alyssos curing madness < a- not + lyssa madness]
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