pelargonium

pel·ar·go·ni·um  (plär-gn-m)

n.

Any of various herbs and shrubs of the genus Pelargonium, which includes the geraniums.

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[New Latin Pelargonium, genus name, from Greek pelargos, stork (from the resemblance of its capsules to a stork's bill); see pel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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pelargonium

Noun

a plant with circular leaves and red, pink, or white flowers: includes many cultivated geraniums [Greek pelargos stork]

Thesaurus

Noun

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Pelargonium - geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated genus Pelargonium rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants family Geraniaceae, Geraniaceae, geranium family - chiefly herbaceous plants 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