cyclamen
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cyclamen /ˈsɪkləmən/
▶noun (pl. same or cyclamens) a plant of the primrose family, having pink, red, or white flowers with backward-curving petals. [Genus Cyclamen: several species.]
– origin mod. L., from L. cyclaminos, from Gk kuklaminos, perh. from kuklos ‘circle’, with ref. to its bulbous roots.
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