英语词汇“candytuft”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	candytuft
释义	candytuft\|ˈkændɪtʌft\| Also erron. -turf. [f. candy n.² = Candia, name of the island (now Crete) + tuft.] A plant, Iberis umbellata, originally brought from Candia; and, by extension, the genus Iberis (family Cruciferæ), consisting of herbaceous plants or small undershrubs with white, pink, or purple flowers in flat corymbs or ‘tufts’. [1578Lyte Dodoens v. lxiii 629 Candie Thlaspi is in complexion lyke to the other Thlaspies.]1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 200 Sow divers Annuals..Candy Tufts.1727Bradley Fam. Dict., Candy Tuft, serves for an Ornament to great Parterres.1741Compl. Fam.-Piece ii. iii. 362 Hardy annual Flowers, as..dwarf Lychnis, Candy Turf.1858Glenny Gard. Everyday Bk. 146/1 The smaller kinds [of hardy annuals]..such as Larkspur, Candy Tuft.
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