1550s, from Medieval Latin cyclamen, from Latin cyclaminos, from Greek kyklaminos, from kyklos "circle" (see cycle (n.)). So called in reference to the bulbous shape of the root.
实用例句
1. The silver-leaved varieties of cyclamen are not quite as hardy.
银叶仙客来品种不太耐寒。来自柯林斯例句
2. Cyclamen persicum was carried on with substract culture testing by useing of different complex substrate.
