cyclamin

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noun

A white amorphous substance, originally regarded as a glucoside but now known to be a triterpenoid glycoside, extracted from the corm of Cyclamen purpurascens.

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Meanings

nouncyclamin (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA white amorphous substance, originally regarded as a glucoside but now known to be a triterpenoid glycoside, extracted from the corm of Cyclamen purpurascens.

Origin

From cyclam(en) + -in.

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APA

cyclamin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclamin

MLA

“cyclamin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclamin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyclamin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclamin.

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