NOUN | plant | Cyclamen purpurascens, cyclamen | 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 |
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Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonym | cyclamen | |
Member of | genus Cyclamen | genus of widely cultivated flowering Eurasian herbs with centrally depressed rounded tubers and rounded heart-shaped leaves |
Broader | flower | A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms |
Spanish | ciclamen, pamporcino | |
Catalan | ciclamen |
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