Alyssum

See also: alyssum

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin ălyssŏn (“madwort”) (alyssum; Lobularia maritima, sweet alyssum (Asperugo, from Ancient Greek ἄλυσσον (álusson).

Proper noun

Alyssum n

1. 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
• Category:Alyssum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Alyssum at USDA Plants database
• Alyssum at Brassibase