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sweet alyssum
noun
- a garden plant, Lobularia maritima, of the mustard family, having narrow leaves and small, white or violet flowers.
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Origin of sweet alyssum1
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Example Sentences
My border seeds, the sweet alyssum and lobelia, I had sense enough not to plant, and I sowed none of the perennials.
Some of the annual flowers may also be used for strong color effects, as Lobelia Erinus and sweet alyssum.
Sweet-pease, sweet-williams, sweet-mignonette, and sweet-alyssum.
The day was warm, and the air rich with the perfume of sweet alyssum, beneath which delicate flower the whole island lay buried.
A few pansies and a tuft of sweet alyssum smiled a welcome, though all the rest of my flowers were dead.
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