# candytuft

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.

## Etymology
From Italian Candia (“the name used by the Venetian occupiers of the city of Iraklion”) + tuft.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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