Definition of Sowbread

1. Noun. Common wild European cyclamen with pink flowers.

Exact synonyms: Cyclamen Hederifolium, Cyclamen Neopolitanum
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Cyclamen

Definition of Sowbread

1. a flowering plant [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sowbread

sow thistle
sow thistles
sowable
sowans
sowar
sowarree
sowarrees
sowarries
sowarry
sowars
sowback
sowbacks
sowbane
sowbellies
sowbelly
sowbread (current term)
sowbreads
sowbug
sowbugs
sowcar
sowcars
sowce
sowced
sowces
sowcing
sowdan
sowdanesse
sowdans
sowe
sowed

Literary usage of Sowbread

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulbs and Tuberous-rooted Plants: Their History, Description, Methods of by Charles Linnaeus Allen (1893)
"The origin of one common name, sowbread, is so old that it is past finding out. Pliny said the roots poisoned swine, whence the name ..."

2. Bulbs and Tuberous-rooted Plants: Their History, Description, Methods of by Charles Linnaeus Allen (1912)
"The origin of one common name, sowbread, is so old that it is past finding out. Pliny said the roots poisoned swine, whence the name ..."

3. Bulbs and Tuberous-rooted Plants: Their History, Description, Methods of by Charles Linnaeus Allen (1905)
"The origin of one common name, sowbread, is so old that it is past finding out. Pliny said the roots poisoned swine, whence the name ..."

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