Alyssum
See also: alyssum
Translingual
Alyssum montanum
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin ălyssŏn (“madwort”) (alyssum; Lobularia maritima, sweet alyssum (Asperugo, 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 Aurinia.
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; Alysseae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Alyssum montanum (creeping basket of gold, madwort, mountain alison) - type species; Alyssum abovatum (American madwort), Alyssum dagestanicum, Alyssum saxatile (goldentuft madwort, rock madwort), Alyssum alyssoides (pale madwort), Alyssum saxatile (rock madwort), Alyssum szovitsianum (Szowits' madwort) - selected other species. For others of the numerous species see
Alyssum on WikispeciesWikispecies or 
Alyssum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .
Derived terms
- Alysopsis
- Alyssoides
- Alyssopsis
References
- Alyssum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Alyssum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Alyssum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Alyssum at USDA Plants database