candytuft
English
editEtymology
editFrom Italian Candia (“the name used by the Venetian occupiers of the city of Iraklion”) + tuft.
Noun
editcandytuft (plural candytufts)
Synonyms
edit- mithridate, mithridate mustard, candy mithridate (obs.)
Translations
editplant of the genus Iberis
References
edit- “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