cyclamen
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- noun
- /ˈsaɪkləmən/
- It had two Norfolk Pines, white cyclamen, some spider plants, and then a couple candles.
Examples
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Believe me, nothing lifts those rainy day blahs better than an afternoon poking into a pot of irises, mums, or cyclamen on your own cozy kitchen table.
Academic text (1996) -
We got some big, bright, beautiful pink cyclamen right here.
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When buying a cyclamen, look for lots of visible buds perched on the ends of upright stems.
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Always water your cyclamen below or at soil level.
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We got some big, bright, beautiful pink cyclamen right here.
Synonyms
A small flowering plant often grown indoors with silver-marked leaves and downward pink, white, or red flowers
Compounds
- Specialized
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A wild European flower with pink blooms and ivy-shaped leaves that grows in woods
- Specialized
A small flowering plant often grown indoors with silver-marked leaves and downward pink, white, or red flowers
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word cyclamen comes from the Greek root kyklos, the same root as cycle, and means 'circle' because the plant grows from a round underground tuber. So, thinking of a small 'circle' under the soil helps you remember cyclamen as the houseplant with round leaves and nodding flowers.