"candytuft" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: candytufts [plural]
Etymology: From Italian Candia (“the name used by the Venetian occupiers of the city of Iraklion”) + tuft. Etymology templates: {{der|en|it|Candia||the name used by the Venetian occupiers of the city of Iraklion}} Italian Candia (“the name used by the Venetian occupiers of the city of Iraklion”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} candytuft (plural candytufts)
  1. Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants. Synonyms: mithridate, mithridate mustard, candy mithridate [obsolete] Derived forms: wild candytuft Translations (plant of the genus Iberis): иберис (iberis) [masculine] (Bulgarian), carraspic [masculine] (Catalan), saippo (Finnish), Schleifenblume [feminine] (German), beryn [masculine] (Welsh)

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