alyssum
英 ['ælɪs(ə)m; ə'lɪs(ə)m]
美['ælɪsəm]
- n. 庭荠；香雪球
英英释义
- 1. any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers
英文词源
- Alyssum (n.)
- genus name for plants of the mustard family, 1550s, from Latin alysson, from Greek alysson, which is perhaps the neuter of adjective alyssos "curing madness," from privative prefix a- + lyssa "madness, martial rage, fury, rabies," literally "wolf-ness," related to lykos "wolf" (see wolf (n.)).