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sow-bread

sow-bread is the alternative form of sowbread.

Meaning of sowbread

Noun

sowbread (countable and uncountable, plural sowbreads)

  1. Cyclamen, plant of the genus Cyclamen.
    • The root of the cyclamen, sowbread, was used in ancient times as an ingredient in love potions.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 72
    Synonyms:
    hog's bread

Forms of sow-bread

pluralsow-breads

Questions about sow-bread

What is sow-bread the alternative form of?
Sow-bread is the alternative form of sowbread.

Words near sow-bread in the dictionary

  1. sow thistle
  2. sow thistles
  3. sow wild oats
  4. sow'n
  5. sow's baby
  6. sow-bread
  7. sow-thistle
  8. sow-thistles
  9. Sowa
  10. Sowa-Rigpa
  11. sowability

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