IBERIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Iberis mean? 

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

1. Old World herbs and subshrubs: candytuft

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• IBERIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World herbs and subshrubs: candytuft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Iberis; Iberis

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Iberis"):

candytuft (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)

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

Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)