CANDYTUFT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does candytuft mean? 

• CANDYTUFT (noun)
  The noun CANDYTUFT has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CANDYTUFT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANDYTUFT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("candytuft" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("candytuft" is a member of...):

genus Iberis; Iberis (Old World herbs and subshrubs: candytuft)