noun
- a European plant with heart-shaped leaves and pink or white flowers that bloom in autumn or winter
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The sowbread bloomed beautifully in the shaded corner of the garden.
- She planted sowbread bulbs under the oak tree for winter color.
- The delicate pink sowbread flowers appeared just as the leaves began to fall.
- Sowbread is also commonly known as cyclamen in garden centers.
- The heart-shaped leaves of the sowbread plant are quite distinctive.
- Wild sowbread can be found growing in Mediterranean woodlands.