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candytuft definition

candy·tuft (-tuft′)

noun

any of a genus (Iberis) of garden plants of the crucifer family, with clusters of white, pink, or purplish flowers

Etymology: < Candia + tuft

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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