sowbread

[ sou-bred ]
/ ˈsaʊˌbrɛd /

noun

any of several species of cyclamen, especially Cyclamen hederifolium, a low-growing Old World plant having mottled leaves and pink or white flowers.

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Origin of sowbread

1540–50; sow2 + bread; so called because the roots are sought after by hogs

Words nearby sowbread

sow one's wild oats, sow thistle, sow wild oats, sowback, sowbelly, sowbread, sowcar, sowens, soweto, sown, sox
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British Dictionary definitions for sowbread

sowbread
/ (ˈsaʊˌbrɛd) /

noun

a S European primulaceous plant, Cyclamen hederifolium, with heart-shaped leaves and pink nodding flowersSee also cyclamen (def. 1)

Word Origin for sowbread

C16: from sow ² + bread, based on Medieval Latin panis porcinus; the tuberous roots are eaten by swine
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