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cyclamen

/ˈsɪkləmən/

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Borrowing from New Latin cyclamen, from Latin cyclamīnos.

noun cyclamens

Any of various primulaceous flowering plants, of the genus Cyclamen, widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and solitary flowers. An expectant mother would avoid cyclamen, stepping over it being an ominous sign.
Similar: sowbread
A purplish-red colour. Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

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noun A type of plant

Español	ciclamen, violeta persa, violeta de los Alpes, ciclamino, pamporcino, artanita
한국어	시클라멘 sikeullamen
日本語	シクラメン shikuramen, 篝火草 kagaribisō, 豚の饅頭 buta no manjū
中文	仙客來 /仙客来 xiānkèlái, 一品冠 yīpǐguān
Português	cíclame, ciclame
Français	cyclamen, artanite
Deutsch	Alpenveilchen, Erdscheibe, Erdbrot, Schweinsbrot, Saubrot
Italiano	ciclamino, artanita
Ελληνικά	κυκλάμινο kyklámino
Română	ciclamă
Русский	цикламе́н ciklamén
العربية	see Thesaurus:بخور مريم
עברית	רַקֶּפֶת raqéfeṯ

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@misc{cyclamen_2026,
  title = {cyclamen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cyclamen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}