Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sowbread

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sow-bread
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Cyclamen, plant of the genus Cyclamen.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The root of the cyclamen, sowbread, was used in ancient times as an ingredient in love potions."

Etymology

From sow + bread, so named because eaten by swine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sowbreads (plural) sow-bread (alternative)

Synonyms

hog's bread cyclamen hederifolium cyclamen neopolitanum

Questions

What does sowbread mean?: Cyclamen, plant of the genus Cyclamen.
Where does sowbread come from?: From sow + bread, so named because eaten by swine.

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