storks·bill (stôrks b l )n. 1. Any of various plants of the genus Erodium, having fruit with a narrow beaklike tip. 2. See geranium. |
storksbill [ˈstɔːksˌbɪl]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various geraniaceous plants of the genus Erodium, esp E. cicutarium (common storksbill), having pink or reddish-purple flowers and fruits with a beaklike process
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| Noun | 1. |  storksbill - any of various plants of the genus Erodiumgeranium - any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae Erodium, genus Erodium - geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill - European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage Erodium moschatum, musk clover, muskus grass, white-stemmed filaree - low annual European herb naturalized in America; similar to alfilaria Erodium texanum, Texas storksbill - of prairies and desert areas of southwestern United States and Mexico |
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