cyclamen
/ˈsɪkləmən/noun
(复同单, 或cyclamens)
1- a European plant of the primrose family, having pink, red, or white flowers with backward-curving petals and widely grown as a winter-flowering pot plant仙客来。
1.1
- Genus Cyclamen, family Primulaceae: several species.仙客来属, 报春花科：数种。
1.2
- mass noun a pinkish-purple colour仙客来粉紫色。
词源
modern Latin, from Latin cyclaminos, from Greek kuklaminos, perhaps from kuklos 'circle', with reference to its bulbous roots.