sowbread

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sowbread

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From sow + bread, so named because eaten by swine.

noun sowbreads · sow-bread

countable, uncountable Cyclamen, plant of the genus Cyclamen. The root of the cyclamen, sowbread, was used in ancient times as an ingredient in love potions.
Similar: hog's bread

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@misc{sowbread_2026,
  title = {sowbread},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sowbread},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}