ALYSSUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alyssum mean? 

• ALYSSUM (noun)
  The noun ALYSSUM has 2 senses:

1. any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers

2. a genus of the family Cruciferae

  Familiarity information: ALYSSUM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALYSSUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

alyssum; madwort

Hypernyms ("alyssum" is a kind of...):

crucifer; cruciferous plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae)

Holonyms ("alyssum" is a member of...):

Alyssum; genus Alyssum (a genus of the family Cruciferae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A genus of the family Cruciferae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alyssum; genus Alyssum

Hypernyms ("Alyssum" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Alyssum"):

alyssum; madwort (any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers)

Holonyms ("Alyssum" is a member of...):

Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)