Candytuft

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.
  2. 2
    any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to Mediterranean region wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
candy mithridatemithridatemithridate mustard

Etymology

From Italian Candia (“the name used by the Venetian occupiers of the city of Iraklion”) + tuft.

Related phrases

wild candytuft

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