Cyclamen

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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. 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."

Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin cyclamen, from Latin cyclamīnos.

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