Cyclamen
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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."
- 2 Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals wordnet
- 3 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."
Antonyms
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More examples"An expectant mother would avoid cyclamen, stepping over it being an ominous sign."
Etymology
Borrowing from New Latin cyclamen, from Latin cyclamīnos.