Definitions for cyclamen

cyclamen cy·cla·men

Spelling: [sahy-kluh-muh n, -men, sik-l Cyclamen is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 209 anagrams from letters in cyclamen (accelmny).

Definitions for cyclamen

noun

  1. any low-growing plant of the genus Cyclamen, belonging to the primrose family, having tuberous rootstocks and nodding white, purple, pink, or crimson flowers with reflexed petals.

Origin of cyclamen

1540-50; New Latin, Medieval Latin Greek kyklámīnos bulbous plant, akin to kýklos cycle

Examples for cyclamen

Better to place these pots of cyclamen on the window-sill, Mademoiselle, if you please.

Then taking a cyclamen from her mother's shoulder, she rose and offered it to the Professor.

The cyclamen and Dodecatheon lay their ears back like a vicious horse.

There are several varieties of cyclamen, but the most common is persicum, and many catalogues name no other.

On a small plateau near by a thousand cyclamen, white and pink, had lifted their wings as if to fly away.

She carried with her a Noah's Ark, and a precious pot of cyclamen.

For a flower that does hide itself, take a lily of the valley, or the bell of a grape hyacinth, or a cyclamen.

The shooting-star, a near relative of the cyclamen, is as thick upon the earth as stars up in the sky.

After Derry had gone, Miss Emily stood looking at the cyclamen on the shelf.

cyclamen, sik′l-men, n. a genus of Primulace, native to southern Europe.

Word Value for cyclamen
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17

Words with friends

21

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