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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
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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