genus alyssum

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   a genus of the family Cruciferae

   SynonymsAlyssum

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofCruciferae

Questions about genus alyssum

What does genus alyssum mean?

genus alyssum means "a genus of the family Cruciferae".

What is another word for genus alyssum?

Close synonyms include Alyssum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus alyssum a common word?

genus alyssum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.