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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.
The root of the cyclamen, sowbread, was used in ancient times as an ingredient in love potions.
An interesting cyclamen was also found here with dark rounded unmarbled leaves, but unfortunately without flowers […]
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.
Use cyclamen when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cyclamen means Any of various primulaceous flowering plants, of the genus Cyclamen, widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and solitary flowers..
Common synonyms include sowbread, cyclamen purpurascens.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
An expectant mother would avoid cyclamen, stepping over it being an ominous sign.
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