candytuft

English

Etymology

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

Noun

candytuft (plural candytufts)

1. Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.

Synonyms

• mithridate, mithridate mustard, candy mithridate (obs.)

Derived terms

• wild candytuft

Translations

plant of the genus Iberis

Bulgarian: иберис m (iberis) Catalan: carraspic m Finnish: saippo (fi) German: Schleifenblume f Welsh: beryn m

References

• “candytuft”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• candytuft on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Iberis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Iberis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons