geranium

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a flowering plant of the genus Geranium, commonly called a cranesbill and often grown as a hardy garden perennial

   A wild geranium opened its pink flowers beside the woodland path.

2. 2
   noun

   a plant of the related genus Pelargonium, widely cultivated in pots and gardens and commonly called a geranium

   She moved the red geranium indoors before the first frost.

Common collocations

• rose geranium Noun + noun

From Latin geranium and Greek geranion, 'little crane,' the diminutive of geranos, 'crane.' The name refers to the long, pointed fruit, which resembles a crane's bill. Garden pelargoniums retained the common name geranium after botanists separated the genera.

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