Candida

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  • Candida is a genus of yeasts.
  • In Latin candidus, candida means clear and white, with the whiteness of pure quartz rather than the whiteness of chalk (albus).
  • Candida was the name of the clear-thinking, outspoken and candid eponymous heroine of Shaw's 1895 play poking fun at well-meaning socialist reformers in the Church of England.
  • Candida was also the name of a 1970 song performed by Tony Orlando and Dawn.


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