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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The BBC's Alison Freeman reports from the scene.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 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
Recently, cookbook author and food-world oracle Alison Roman gave Loonen her social-media stamp of approval after discovering it at Two Bunch Palms hotel in Desert Hot Springs, Calif.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
For Alison, the lesson went beyond scouring, although she acquired that skill, too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
I nodded, and then Alison My Nurse kind of politely made them leave.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
"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
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
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