Alison

[ al-uh-suhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

alison

/ ˈælɪsən /

See sweet alyssum
sweet alison
sweet alison another name for sweet alyssum
small alison
small alison a rare compact annual, Alyssum alyssoides, having small yellow flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)

Origin of Alison¹

altered from alyssum

What’s more, Alison’s group found an unknown perk of moth pollination.

“The future isn’t just cameras,” Alison says, “but cameras should be a big part of it.”

Such cameras are very useful for monitoring sites that are difficult to reach daily, Alison says.

When his agent asked if he missed his wife, his mind flashed to an image of Alison.

Her relationship with him had failed, Alison told Cole, because he reminded her of their dead son.

Alison, meanwhile, had gone to a yoga retreat with her hippy-dippy mother.

Most critically, the split perspectives of Noah and Alison need to marry more elegantly.

And yet, could Alison Grimes go around the state bragging about this?

Lieutenant-General Alison is the youngest by considerable; I think she is about nine and a half or three-quarters.

Miss Alison Mildmay dreaded 'scenes' of all things; possibly, too, she felt conscious that her words sounded harsh.

Aunt Alison looks down upon her, just because she wasn't quite—no, she was quite a lady—but because she wasn't at all grand.

Oh dear, if she has written so as to vex Aunt Alison, and we get blamed for it, and everything is spoilt!'

Miss Alison Mildmay was severe, but she was not distrustful or suspicious, and the candour of the two girls was unmistakable.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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