noun
Meaning 1
Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
candytuft
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noun
Meaning 2
any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to Mediterranean region
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: flower
History
Etymology
From Italian Candia (“the name used by the Venetian occupiers of the city of Iraklion”) + tuft.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: иберис (iberis) — plant of the genus Iberis
- Catalan: carraspic — plant of the genus Iberis
- Finnish: saippo — plant of the genus Iberis
- German: Schleifenblume — plant of the genus Iberis
- Welsh: beryn — plant of the genus Iberis