Definitions for Alyssum

Alyssum a·lys·sum

Spelling: [uh-lis-uh m]
IPA: /əˈlɪs əm/

Alyssum is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in Alyssum (almssuy).

Definitions for Alyssum

noun

  1. any of various plants belonging to the genus Alyssum, of the mustard family, having clusters of small yellow or white flowers.
  2. any of several related plants of the genus Aurinia, as A. saxatilis, a widely cultivated species with yellow flowers.
  3. sweet alyssum.

Origin of Alyssum

1545-55; New Latin; Latin alysson Greek, neuter of ályssos curing (canine) madness, equivalent to a- a-6 + lýss(a) madness + -os adj. suffix

Examples for Alyssum

The hill slopes were a garden of calceolarias, alyssum, tiny wild geraniums, and other flowers unknown to me.

Free–growing spring–flowers like Aubrietia, alyssum, and Iberis, may be multiplied to any extent by division or cuttings.

The bouvardias were quite spoiled; but the mignonette and alyssum were unharmed.

The older plants of alyssum are nearly worn out, but there are plenty of promising young seedlings in the lower joints.

The alyssum and candytuft came out, and the house was sweet with tuberoses.

alyssum saxatile, with its sheet of gold, and the dear forget-me-nots, both grow well beneath the tulips.

Arabis alpina ; Aubrietia purpurea ; alyssum saxatile : all three very easy to grow, and very common.

Well, I would get in my sweet peas and risk my pansies and alyssum, anyhow.

And yours, alyssum, the one we call Pepper-grass, because he is so fiery?'

alyssum, white, dwarf for borders; six inches; blooms all summer if not allowed to go to seed.

Word Value for Alyssum
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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