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Crane's-bill
Crane's´-bill`
n. | 1. | (Bot.) The geranium; - so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane. | | 2. | (Surg.) A pair of long-beaked forceps. |
crane's-bill
crane's-bill: see geraniumgeranium, common name for some members of the Geraniaceae, a family of herbs and small shrubs of temperate and subtropical regions. Their long, beak-shaped fruits give them the popular names crane's-bill (for species of the genus Geranium, ..... Click the link for more information. .ThesaurusSeegeranium |