sweet alyssum
a garden plant, Lobularia maritima, of the mustard family, having narrow leaves and small, white or violet flowers.
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How to use sweet alyssum in a sentence
My border seeds, the sweet alyssum and lobelia, I had sense enough not to plant, and I sowed none of the perennials.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonSome of the annual flowers may also be used for strong color effects, as Lobelia Erinus and sweet alyssum.
The Practical Garden-Book | C. E. HunnSweet-pease, sweet-williams, sweet-mignonette, and sweet-alyssum.
A Little Garden Calendar for Boys and Girls | Albert Bigelow PaineThe day was warm, and the air rich with the perfume of sweet alyssum, beneath which delicate flower the whole island lay buried.
Istar of Babylon | Margaret Horton PotterA few pansies and a tuft of sweet alyssum smiled a welcome, though all the rest of my flowers were dead.
Letters on an Elk Hunt | Elinore Pruitt Stewart
British Dictionary definitions for sweet alyssum
a Mediterranean plant, Lobularia maritima, having clusters of small fragrant white or violet flowers, that is widely grown in gardens: family Brassicaceae (crucifers): See also alyssum
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