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Definition of Cyclamen
1. Noun. 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.
Definition of Cyclamen
1. n. 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 of Cyclamen
1. Noun. Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Cyclamen, widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and solitary flowers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cyclamen
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyclamen
Literary usage of Cyclamen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Floriculture by Edward Albert White (1915)
"Among the genera most frequently grown are cyclamen, primulas, ... cyclamen are
low, herbaceous plants which form on tuber-like conns. ..."
2. Manual of Gardening: A Practical Guide to the Making of Home Grounds and the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"cyclamen. — A tender greenhouse tuberous plant, sometimes seen in the window-garden.
The Persian cyclamen is best for the house- gardener to grow. ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1879)
"I HAVE to-day to address you on the cyclamen, a truly florist's flower, but at
the same time one that has ... Two of the hardy species, cyclamen Count and ..."
4. Bulbs: A Treatise on Hardy and Tender Bulbs and Tubers by Edward Sprague Rand (1866)
"THE cyclamen. There is no more ornamental plant for greenhouse or parlor culture
... From being long utterly neglected, the cyclamen has recently attracted ..."
5. Flora Domestica: Or, The Portable Flower-garden : with Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent (1825)
"The Round-leaved cyclamen is a native of the South of Europe: it has purple ...
The Persian cyclamen, which is the most popular, flowers in March or April: ..."
6. Handy Book of the Flower-garden, Being Practical Directions for the by David Thomson (1876)
"cyclamen. of fresh plantations, especially when they have been covered with fresh
... cyclamen coum, 3 inches, red—January and April. cyclamen coum vernum ..."
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