Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

candytuft

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: can-dytuft
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: Candia

Inflected Forms

candytufts (plural)

Phrases

wild candytuft

Synonyms

mithridate mithridate mustard candy mithridate

Questions

What does candytuft mean?: Any member of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.
Where does candytuft come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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