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MADWORT
alyssum, madwort
(noun) any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
madwort (plural madworts)
Certain of the alyssums.
German madwort (Asperugo procumbens)
Source: Wiktionary
Mad"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of cruciferous plants (Alyssum) with white or yellow flowers and rounded pods. A. maritimum is the commonly cultivated sweet alyssum, a fragrant white-flowered annual.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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