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Webster 1913 Edition
Geranium
Ge-ra′ni-um
(jē̍-rā′nĭ-ŭm)
, Noun.
1.
(Bot.)
A genus of plants having a beaklike torus or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes
crane’s-bill
. 2.
(Floriculture)
A cultivated pelargonium.
☞ Many plants referred to the genus
Geranium
by the earlier botanists are now separated from it under the name of Pelargonium
, which includes all the commonly cultivated “geraniums”, mostly natives of South Africa. Webster 1828 Edition
Geranium
GERA'NIUM
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Geranium
Geranium
Translingual
Geranium sylvaticum
Proper noun
Geranium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Geraniaceae – the cranesbills.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Geraniales - order; Geraniaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): For species see
List of 422 cranesbill species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
See also
- Pelargonium (commonly called geranium)
geranium
geranium
English
Geranium sanguineum
Noun
geranium (plural geraniums)
- Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium, the cranesbills, of family Geraniaceae.
- The common name for flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium.
- A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium.
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geranium colour:
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Synonyms
- (plant): cranesbill
Translations
cranesbill
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common name for Pelargoniums
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colour
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Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- alfilaria
- storksbill
- geranium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pelargonium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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geranium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Pelargonium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Adjective
geranium (comparative more geranium, superlative most geranium)
- Of a bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium.
Translations
color
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See also
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)