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, eurosids II - clades; Brassicales - order; Brassicaceae - family; Alysseae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Alyssum abovatum - 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

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