sowbread

sow·bread

S0594000 (sou′brĕd′)n. A cyclamen.

sowbread

(ˈsaʊˌbrɛd) n (Plants) a S European primulaceous plant, Cyclamen hederifolium, with heart-shaped leaves and pink nodding flowers. See also cyclamen¹[C16: from sow² + bread, based on Medieval Latin panis porcinus; the tuberous roots are eaten by swine]

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sowbread - common wild European cyclamen with pink flowersCyclamen hederifolium, Cyclamen neopolitanumflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomsgenus Cyclamen - genus of widely cultivated flowering Eurasian herbs with centrally depressed rounded tubers and rounded heart-shaped leaves