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noun

candida n.

Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.

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Etymology of 'Candida'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Candida" Quotes from Famous Books

... Basilicate, lies in a broad valley encompassed by a lofty amphitheatre of hills, through which flows a little river, tributary to the Ofanto, watering the town, and turning several mills which supplied it with flour. At a few miles' distance was the strong place of Ripa Candida, garrisoned by the French, through which Montpensier hoped to maintain his communications with the fertile regions ...

— The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, V2 • William H. Prescott

... During the first siege of Totila, in 546, Pope Vigilius, then on his way to Constantinople, despatched from the coast of Sicily a fleet of grain-laden vessels, under the care of Valentine, bishop of Silva Candida. The attempt to relieve the city of the famine proved useless, and the vessels were seized by the besiegers on their landing at Porto. In 589 an inundation of the Tiber, described by Gregoire de Tours, carried away several thousand ...

— Pagan and Christian Rome • Rodolfo Lanciani

Words linked to "Candida" : Candida albicans, genus Candida, Salix candida, fungus