Alison
noun
a first name, form of Alice.
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Alison
American
[al-uh-suhn]
/ ˈæl ə sən /
noun
alison
British
/ ˈælɪsən /
noun
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another name for sweet alyssum
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a rare compact annual, Alyssum alyssoides, having small yellow flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
Etymology
Origin of alison
altered from alyssum
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Issuing Malcolm's sentence, Judge Alison Stirling described the women who gave evidence against him as "courageous and articulate".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
I first really understood this while making Alison Roman’s dill-packed potato-leek soup, published originally a little over five years ago, which finishes with white wine vinegar.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
When the bridge went up, L.A. “was becoming a city,” said Alison Wallace, president of the FHRA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Alison Galvani, the paper’s lead author, served as “an informal unpaid adviser” to Mr. Sanders when he introduced the legislation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“So you’ve been gone a couple days,” Alison said.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
For at that dead season of the year, sweet alison was almost their only joy.
From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Treading lightly by his side, she smelled the honeysuckle scent of the sweet alison which she had carried idly away in her hand.
From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
"This will serve you better, if you must take to eating grass like an ox," said the Professor of Eloquence, reaching out his hand and plucking a sprig of sweet alison, which grew everywhere about.
From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
"The Bearnais?" queried Claire, playing with the sweet alison; "I wonder where he has his camp now?"
From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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