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cyclamen

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cy·cla·men  (skl-mn, skl-)
n.
Any of various plants of the genus Cyclamen, especially a Mediterranean species (C. persicum) widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and showy, variously colored flowers with reflexed petals.
[New Latin Cyclamen, genus name, from Latin cyclamnos, from Greek kuklamnos, probably from kuklos, circle, wheel (perhaps from its bulbous roots); see cycle.]
cyclamen [sik-la-men]
Noun
a plant with white, pink, or red flowers, with turned-back petals [Greek kuklaminos]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cyclamencyclamen - Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals
Cyclamen purpurascens
flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
genus Cyclamen - genus of widely cultivated flowering Eurasian herbs with centrally depressed rounded tubers and rounded heart-shaped leaves
Translations
cyclamen [ˈsɪkləmən] n → ciclamen m
cyclamen [ˈsɪkləmən] n → cyclamen m
cyclamen [ˈsɪkləmən] n → Alpenveilchen nt
cyclamen [ˈsɪkləmən] n → ciclamino


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