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sowbread

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sow·bread  (soubrd)
n.
The cyclamen.
sowbread [ˈsaʊˌbrɛd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a S European primulaceous plant, Cyclamen hederifolium, with heart-shaped leaves and pink nodding flowers See also cyclamen [1]
[from sow2 + bread, based on Medieval Latin panis porcinus; the tuberous roots are eaten by swine]
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Noun1.sowbread - common wild European cyclamen with pink flowerssowbread - common wild European cyclamen with pink flowers
Cyclamen hederifolium, Cyclamen neopolitanum
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
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Another common name is sowbread because in the wild, the tubers can reach considerable proportions, such that hill farmers will feed their animals with them.
Love those primulas! by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
The plant has a nickname, sowbread, because the tubers are regarded as a favourite food for pigs in the south of France and Italy.
Mediterranean import is a wonderful winter guest by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
The plant has a nickname, sowbread, because the tubers are regarded as a favourite food for pigs in the south of France and Italy.
Plant of the week: cyclamen by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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