sowbread

noun

sowbread

noun

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

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:

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