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cyclamen
[ sahy-kluh-muhn, -men, sik-luh- ]
noun
- any low-growing plant of the genus Cyclamen, belonging to the primrose family, having tuberous rootstocks and nodding white, purple, pink, or crimson flowers with reflexed petals.
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Origin of cyclamen1
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Example Sentences
The shooting-star, a near relative of the cyclamen, is as thick upon the earth as stars up in the sky.
Even on the roadside wall the lizards run in and out amongst beds of cyclamen and tenderest ferns and mosses.
Cyclamen presents curved surfaces, while narcissus makes her tube top narrow.
Cyclamen, snowdrop, violet, and periwinkle seeds are supposed to be carried in this way.
Something like this is Cyclamen, sometimes cultivated as a house plant.
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