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Noun: cyclamen  sIk-lu-mun [N. Amer], sik-lu-mun [Brit]
  1. 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
    "She placed a potted cyclamen on her windowsill";
    - Cyclamen purpurascens

Derived forms: cyclamens

Type of: flower

Part of: genus Cyclamen

Encyclopedia: Cyclamen