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Re: Any info on the name Cigdem
After consulting with the math professor who is from Turkey at my university, it seems that Cigdem is a botanical name, referring to a specific plant which is part of the onion family, though not necessarily the plant which grows our edible onions. :) And my guess from finding this Turkish site through Google is that the "cigdem" flower is related to the crocus:http://bahcevan.com/ozbeoz-bizden-vizyon-dekorasyon

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I think the English botanical name of that flower is "meadow saffron", indeed related to the crocus. E.g. note the "tags" on this Flickr page about that flower:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cigdemkayihan/408133778/
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Thanks!
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You're welcome! :)
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