Definition of "cyclamen"

An expectant mother would avoid cyclamen, stepping over it being an ominous sign.

1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 268

Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus

An interesting cyclamen was also found here with dark rounded unmarbled leaves, but unfortunately without flowers […]

1973, Patrick Millington Synge, In search of flowers