noun
perennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers
• Syn: ↑Exacum affine
• Hypernyms: ↑houseplant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Exacum, ↑genus Exacum
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nounUsage: often capitalized P
: cyclamen 2a
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any of several plants belonging to the genus Exacum, native to the Old World, as E. affine, having glossy, ovate leaves, and fragrant, bluish flowers: cultivated as a houseplant.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.