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<botany> A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum (A. Maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers.
Origin: NL, fr. Gr, name of a plant, perh. Fr. Priv. + raging madness.
(01 Mar 1998)
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