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

References

Alyssum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Alyssum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Alyssum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Alyssum at USDA Plants database
Alyssum at Brassibase

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