cyclamen

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
  2. A purplish-red colour.
    — 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.

词形变化

cyclamens plural

词源

Borrowing from New Latin cyclamen, from Latin cyclamīnos.
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