noun
definition
Any of several plants, of the genus Alyssum, mostly of Eurasian origin, that have racemes of white or yellow flowers.
Examples of alyssum in a Sentence
In the front row patches of the white arabis, the yellow alyssum, white, yellow, blue, or purple violas, and the purple aubrietia, recurring at intervals of 5 or 6 yards on a border of considerable length, carry the eye forwards and give a balanced kind of finish to the whole.
Annuals that have been sown in the greenhouse or hotbed may be planted out, and seeds of such sorts as mignonette, sweet alyssum, Phlox Drummondii, portulaca, &c., may be sown in the beds or borders.
The beds contain pink pelargoniums, scarlet geraniums and purple cordylines with white alyssum around the edges.
Sow seeds of sweet alyssum, candytuft, daisies, mignonette, pansies, &c. Visit the roadsides and woods for interesting plants to put in the hardy borders.
Cyclamen and Vallisneria; or spiny, as in Alyssum spinosum.
In these cases the base may give off lateral stipulary processes, as in Allium and Alyssum calycinum.
A. maritimum is the Sweet Alyssum, a small annual with white flowers.