carraspic

Borrowed from Occitan taraspic, from Latin thlaspi, from Ancient Greek θλάσπῐς (thláspĭs, “shepherd's purse”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.rəsˈpik]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.rasˈpik]

carraspic m (plural carraspics)

1. candytuft (plant of the genus Iberis, especially Iberis umbellata or Iberis saxatilis)

• capblanc
• matablat
• viudeta

• “carraspic”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007