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sweet alyssums

sweet alyssums is the plural of sweet alyssum.

Meaning of sweet alyssum

Noun

sweet alyssum (usually uncountable, plural sweet alyssums)

  1. (usually) A low-growing flowering annual (Lobularia maritima).
    • The smell of wall-flower and sweet alyssum rose from the garden, and the inexpressible freshness of the daffodils.1944, Emily Carr, “A Visitor”, in The House of All Sorts
    Synonyms:
    sweet alison

Questions about sweet alyssums

What is sweet alyssums the plural of?
Sweet alyssums is the plural of sweet alyssum.

Words near sweet alyssums in the dictionary

  1. sweet acacia
  2. sweet alison
  3. sweet almond
  4. sweet almonds
  5. sweet alyssum
  6. sweet alyssums
  7. sweet and sour
  8. sweet anise
  9. sweet annie
  10. sweet annies
  11. sweet as

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