Madwort \Mad"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A genus of cruciferous plants (Alyssum) with white or
yellow flowers and rounded pods. A. maritimum is the
commonly cultivated sweet alyssum, a fragrant white-flowered
annual.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Alyssum \A*lys"sum\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, name of a plant, perh.
fr. 'a priv. + ? raging madness.]
(Bot.)
A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum
(A. maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small,
white, sweet-scented flowers.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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