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iberis

(aɪˈbɪərɪs)
n
(Plants) any plant of the annual or perennial Eurasian genus Iberis, 12 to 25 cm (6–12 in.) in height, with white or purple flowers. I. amara and I. umbellata are the garden candytuft Family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
[New Latin, from Iberia Spain, where many species are common]
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Noun1.iberis - Old World herbs and subshrubs: candytuftIberis - Old World herbs and subshrubs: candytuft
genus Iberis
dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, family Brassicaceae, family Cruciferae, mustard family - a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives
candytuft - any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to Mediterranean region
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Candytuft, or Iberis sempervirens, shows off small, bright white flowers in spring.
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It grows to 60cm and includes 14 species, including Nigella Damascena Miss Jekyll, Linum grandiflorum Rubrum, Iberis Umbellata and Silene Armeria Electra.
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STW 5 and is a fixed herbal combination of a fresh plant extract from bitter candytuft (Iberis amara) and extracts from dried greater celandine herb, angelica root, lemon balm leaves, peppermint leaves, caraway fruit, liquorice root, chamomile flower and milk thistle fruit (Wegener and Wagner 2006).
Extracts from peppermint leaves, lemon balm leaves and in particular angelica roots mimic the pro-secretory action of the herbal preparation STW 5 in the human intestine
STW5, commercially known as Iberogast (Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk GmbH, Germany) is a well-researched herbal preparation that consists of 50% (v/v) hydroethanolic fresh plant extract of Iberis amara whole plant, and 30% hydroethanolic extracts of Melissa officinalis, Matricaria chamomilla, Carum carvi, Mentha piperita, Angelica archangelica, Silybum marianum, Chelidonium majus and Glycyrrhyiza glabra.
Mechanisms of effect of Iberogast in functional dyspepsia
(105) This formula includes alcoholic extracts of Iberis amara totalis recens, Angelicae radix, Cardui mariae fructus, Chelidonii herba, Liquiritiae radix, Matricariae flos, Melissae folium, Carvi fructus, and Menthae piperitae folium.
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Effects of Iberis umbellate (Brassicaceae) on insect pests of cabbage and on potential biological control agents.
The attraction of Lepidoptera to flowering plants also attractive to parasitoids (Diptera, Hymenoptera)

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