A small flowering plant of the genus Iberis with tight clusters of small fragrant flowers, commonly grown in gardens.
Named for its candy-like sweet fragrance and tufted flower clusters; from candy + tuft, where tuft refers to the dense clustering of the small flowers.
Candytuft gets its charmingly poetic name from its sweet scent and flower structure—it's one of many plants named for their resemblance to food or their fragrance!
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