pelargonium

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1. 1
   noun

   a flowering plant of the genus Pelargonium, often cultivated as a tender ornamental and commonly called a geranium

   The gardener moved the red pelargonium indoors before the first frost.

From New Latin Pelargonium, formed from Greek pelargos, 'stork.' The genus was named for its long, narrow fruit, whose shape was compared to a stork's bill; many of its cultivated species are popularly called geraniums.

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