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alyssum. The Greek word for madness is the chief component of this delicate plant’s name, for the Greeks believed it cured madness and named it alysson, from lysa, “madness,” and a, “not.” The popular garden plant with its clusters of fragrant white or golden flowers is called “madwort” for the same rea- son. “Wort,” from the Old English wyrt, “root, plant,” means a plant, herb, or vegetable and is usually used in combinations like “madwort.” |