candicant

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• Candicant — Can di*cant, a. [L. candicans, p. pr. of candicare to be whitish.] Growing white. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• IRIS herba odoratissima — Plin. l. 21. c. 7. et 11. ubi de illa pluribus, Colore ianthinus et fuscus, adeo nitens, politus ac fulgens, ut nihil magis. Sena eius folia, longitudine hand absimilia liliaceis, in oblogngum rotundantur, versus apicem, siguramque exhibent plane …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale