candytuft

English

Etymology

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

Noun

candytuft (plural candytufts)

Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.

Synonyms

mithridate, mithridate mustard, candy mithridate (obs.)

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
Iberis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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