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Cyclamen
Cyc′la-men
(s?k′l?-m?n)
, Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
κυκλάμινος
, κυκλαμίς
.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants of the Primrose family, having depressed rounded corms, and pretty nodding flowers with the petals so reflexed as to point upwards, whence it is called
rabbits’ ears
. It is also called sow bread
, because hogs are said to eat the corms. Definition 2024
Cyclamen
Cyclamen
See also: cyclamen
Translingual
Cyclamen repandum
Proper noun
Cyclamen n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae – the cyclamens.
cyclamen
cyclamen
See also: Cyclamen
English
Noun
cyclamen (plural cyclamens)
- Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Cyclamen, widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and solitary flowers.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess:
- 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.
- 1973, Patrick Millington Synge, In search of flowers
- An interesting cyclamen was also found here with dark rounded unmarbled leaves, but unfortunately without flowers […]
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Translations
A type of plant
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈky.kla.men/, [ˈkʏ.kɫa.mẽ]
Noun
cyclamen n (genitive cyclaminis); third declension
- Alternative form of cyclamīnos
Declension
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cyclamen | cyclamina |
| genitive | cyclaminis | cyclaminum |
| dative | cyclaminī | cyclaminibus |
| accusative | cyclamen | cyclamina |
| ablative | cyclamine | cyclaminibus |
| vocative | cyclamen | cyclamina |
References
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cyclămĕn”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 460/3.