ge·ra·ni·um (j -r  n -m)n. 1. Any of various plants of the genus Geranium, having palmately divided leaves and pink or purplish flowers. Also called cranesbill. 2. Any of various plants of the genus Pelargonium, native chiefly to southern Africa and widely cultivated for their rounded, often variegated leaves and showy clusters of red, pink, or white flowers. Also called storksbill. 3. A strong to vivid red. [New Latin Geranium, genus name, from Latin geranium, crane's-bill, from Greek geranion, diminutive of geranos, crane; see ger -2 in Indo-European roots.] |
geranium
Noun
a cultivated plant with scarlet, pink, or white flowers [Latin: cranesbill]
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| Noun | 1. |  geranium - any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceaeherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests crane's bill, cranesbill - any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium Pelargonium graveolens, rose geranium, sweet-scented geranium - any of several southern African geraniums having fragrant three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and pink flowers bedding geranium, fish geranium, Pelargonium hortorum, zonal pelargonium - an upright geranium having scalloped leaves with a broad color zone inside the margin and white or pink or red flowers hanging geranium, ivy geranium, ivy-leaved geranium, Pelargonium peltatum - a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers apple geranium, nutmeg geranium, Pelargonium odoratissimum - geranium with round fragrant leaves and small white flowers lemon geranium, Pelargonium limoneum - a common garden geranium with lemon-scented foliage heron's bill, storksbill - any of various plants of the genus Erodium |
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