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• Alison
  Alison

  noun

  a first name, form of Alice.
• alison
  alison

  noun

  another name for sweet alyssum

Alison

American  

[al-uh-suhn] / ˈæl ə sən /

noun

1. a first name, form of Alice.

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alison British  

/ ˈælɪsən /

noun

1. another name for sweet alyssum

2. a rare compact annual, Alyssum alyssoides, having small yellow flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)

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Etymology

Origin of alison

altered from _alyssum

Example Sentences

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Alison Fuller from Epilepsy Action said it is a "scandal" on par with infected blood and Post Office Horizon scandals.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

A dissent by presiding Justice Alison Tucher concluded the majority misread the proposition, which she said must adhere to the state’s civil rights laws.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

In the wake of the 1994 genocide, Alison Des Forges, then a senior adviser to Human Rights Watch, pointed to genocide inversion as a central means of justifying the genocide against the Tutsis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

For Alison, the lesson went beyond scouring, although she acquired that skill, too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

“He must really like you if he sent you jewelry,” Alison said.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda

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

"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

"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

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