candytuft
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian Candia (“the name used by the Venetian occupiers of the city of Iraklion”) + tuft.
Noun
[edit]candytuft (plural candytufts)
Synonyms
[edit]- mithridate, mithridate mustard, candy mithridate (obs.)
Translations
[edit]plant 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