单词 | geranium |
释义 | geraniumn. 1. A genus of herbaceous plants or undershrubs (family Geraniaceæ, of which it is the type), growing wild in temperate regions, and bearing a fruit similar in shape to the bill of a crane; a plant of this genus or its flower. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > allied flowers herb Roberta1300 stick pile?a1450 culverfootc1450 devil's needlea1500 crane's-bill1548 dove's-foot1548 geranium1548 shepherd's needle1562 bloodroot1578 Gratia Dei1578 sanguine root1578 pigeon's-foot1597 Roman cranesbill1648 robin1694 redshanka1722 musk1728 ragged Robert1734 pigeon-foot1736 rose geranium1773 mountain flowera1787 wood cranesbill1796 peppermint-scented geranium1823 stork's bill1824 wild geranium1840 musk geranium1845 pin grass1847 Robert1847 stinking crane's bill1857 mourning widow1866 pinweed1876 ivy-leaved pelargonium1887 ivy-geranium1894 regal1894 peppermint geranium1922 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. D.iij Geranium is of two kyndes. The one kynde is called Pinke nedle or Cranes byl. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxxii. 45 The first kinde of Geranion or Storckes bill, his leaues are cut and iagged in many peeces. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 259 The herb Geranion, which some call Myrrhis, others Merthrys, is like vnto Hemlocke. 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 67 in Sylva May..Flowers in Prime..Gladiolus, Geranium. 1725 J. Byrom Jrnl. 24 June in Private Jrnl. & Lit. Remains (1854) I. i. 163 Mr. —— produced the plants from Chelsea Garden, all geraniums, neatly pasted on sheets of white paper. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxiv. 336 A fruit composed of five grains, and beaked; whence its names of Geranium and Cranesbill. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies i. 14 Among blue geranium, and golden globe-flower. 2. A plant of the genus Pelargonium (family Geraniaceæ), natives of South Africa, of which many varieties are cultivated in Great Britain, esp. the Scarlet Geranium and the so-called Fancy Geranium or Pelargonium. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > geranium canker1559 bloody cranesbill1634 geranium1760 scarlet geranium1760 pelargonium1813 Tom Thumb1847 fish geranium1865 1760 W. Shenstone Wks. & Lett. III. 315 An antique vase is introduced with a flower and two or three leaves of the scarlet Geranium. 1796 C. Marshall Gardening (1813) 386 Shifting geraniums should generally take place once a year from smaller pots into..bigger. 1808 H. More Cœlebs in Search of Wife I. xii. 160 Snatching up a wreath of various coloured geraniums. 1873 H. E. H. King Disciples: Ugo Bassi (1877) 65 The red geraniums blazed in banks breast-high. 1890 ‘Lyth’ Golden South 155 Geraniums are grown as hedges. Categories » 3. Medicine (U.S. Pharmacology) The rhizome of G. maculatum used as an astringent (Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. 1854). 4. The colour of the scarlet geranium. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > bright red or scarlet cockea1382 coccyn1382 coctin1382 vermiliona1400 scarlet-redc1405 sinoper1412 scarletc1440 sinople?c1450 vermeletc1530 lusty gallant1587 vermeil1590 vermeil red1590 minium1601 cinnabar?1614 cochineal1632 poppy red1679 poppy colour1705 cherry-colour1720 ponceau1782 Turkey red1789 pinkc1791 coquelicot1795 poppy1796 cherry-red1802 vermilion-red1815 cardinal scarlet1828 geranium1842 dahlia1846 cardinal red1850 cerise1858 cardinal1874 scarlet-crimson1882 vermilion-scarlet1882 pillar box1894 Turkish red1900 signal red1909 fuchsia1923 1842 L. S. Costello Pilgrimage Auvergne II. 158 Rich coloured aprons and handkerchiefs, scarlet and geranium prevailing amongst them. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 22 Apr. 1/2 Colour seemed chiefly to run on that blending of purple and geranium which was even a little overdone last year. 5. With defining word, applied to plants of other genera (see quots.). ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 528/2 Indian Geranium, a term used by perfumers for Andropogon Nardus. Nettle Geranium, a popular name for Coleus fruticosus. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as geranium-coloured, geranium-red. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > bright red or scarlet scarletc1386 puniceousa1398 vermeilc1400 corala1522 Punic?1553 orient1578 vermilion1589 wax-red1593 cherry-red1594 Punical1606 coralline?1608 scarleted1641 coccineous1654 cinnabrianc1668 poppy-coloured1677 miniaceous1688 phoeniceous1688 cherry-coloured1695 coral-red1700 cardinal1755 cherried1762 ponceau1774 punicean1786 cinnabar1807 geraniumed1819 miniatous1826 cardinal scarlet1828 vermilion-coloured1835–6 geranium-coloured1836 pink1846 cardinal red1850 lobster-red1856 phoenicean1857 magenta1877 angered1878 scarlet-vermilion1882 tomato1889 camellia-red1890 miniate1891 nasturtium-red1896 sealing-wax1912 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 198 Mrs. Bloss..was dressed in a geranium-coloured muslin gown. 1894 Daily News 29 Sept. 6/5 The whole of this overlapping front is in black fretwork over geranium red. Derivatives geˈraniumed adj. [+ -ed suffix2] having the colour of a scarlet geranium. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > bright red or scarlet scarletc1386 puniceousa1398 vermeilc1400 corala1522 Punic?1553 orient1578 vermilion1589 wax-red1593 cherry-red1594 Punical1606 coralline?1608 scarleted1641 coccineous1654 cinnabrianc1668 poppy-coloured1677 miniaceous1688 phoeniceous1688 cherry-coloured1695 coral-red1700 cardinal1755 cherried1762 ponceau1774 punicean1786 cinnabar1807 geraniumed1819 miniatous1826 cardinal scarlet1828 vermilion-coloured1835–6 geranium-coloured1836 pink1846 cardinal red1850 lobster-red1856 phoenicean1857 magenta1877 angered1878 scarlet-vermilion1882 tomato1889 camellia-red1890 miniate1891 nasturtium-red1896 sealing-wax1912 1819 ‘R. Rabelais’ Abeillard & Heloisa 76 Pouting and geranium'd lips. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548 |
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