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| a·lys·sum [ ə líssəm ] |
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1. plants
Same as sweet alyssum
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2. Canada plant with yellow flowers: a perennial plant with oval hairy gray-green leaves. Flowers: bright yellow. Native to: Europe. Latin name Aurinia saxatilis.
U.S. term basket-of-gold
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| [Mid-16th century. Via modern Latin< Greek alysson "madwort" (believed to cure rabies) < a- "without" + lyssa "rabies"] |
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