sweet alyssum

English

Sweet alyssum

Noun

sweet alyssum (usually uncountable, plural sweet alyssums)

1. A low-growing flowering annual (Lobularia maritima).

   Synonym: sweet alison

   • 1944, Emily Carr, “A Visitor”, in The House of All Sorts:

     The smell of wall-flower and sweet alyssum rose from the garden, and the inexpressible freshness of the daffodils.

Translations

Lobularia maritima

• Catalan: morrissà bord m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 香雪球 (xiāngxuěqiú)

• Dutch: zilverschildzaad (nl) n
• French: alysson maritime (fr)
• Portuguese: alisso (pt) m
• Turkish: kraliyet halısı
• Ukrainian: медівниця приморська f (medivnycja prymorsʹka)
• Welsh: alyswm pêr m

Further reading

• Lobularia maritima on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lobularia maritima on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lobularia maritima on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons