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.)

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