alison
alison — noun
1. a small, low-growing garden plant that produces dense clusters of tiny white, ye
a small, low-growing garden plant that produces dense clusters of tiny white, yellow, or pink flowers, typically grown as a fast-spreading ground cover or border plant.
Nadia planted sweet alison around the vegetable bed; its white flowers formed a honey-scented carpet.
collocation: sweet alison / honey-scented carpet
In early spring, Sora scattered sweet alison seeds along the sunny border.
collocation: scatter sweet alison seeds / sunny border
Alison spilled over the rose bed's edge, its white flowers forming a honey-scented cushion.
The horticulturist recommended sweet alison as a fast-growing ground cover on the slope.
Kenji sowed sweet alison on the sunny border; by June white flowers covered the plants.
- alyssum
the standard modern spelling; 'alison' is a historical variant, while 'alyssum' is used in all contemporary botanical and gardening contexts.
- sweet alyssum
the common garden name for Lobularia maritima (formerly Alyssum maritimum), the most widely cultivated species; 'sweet alison' is occasionally seen.
用法筆記
'Alison' is a non-standard spelling variant of 'alyssum' (pronounced /əˈlɪsəm/). The alison form appears mainly in historical or older botanical texts; modern gardening publications nearly always use 'alyssum'. The plant belongs to the genus Alyssum (formerly including Lobularia) in the Brassicaceae (mustard) family. Do not confuse the plant name with the female given name Alison (pronounced /ˈælɪsən/).