sowbread

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Etymology

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

Noun

sowbread (countable and uncountable, plural sowbreads)

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

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