geranium

ge·ra·ni·um

G0100500 (jə-rā′nē-əm)n.1. Any of various plants of the genus Pelargonium, native chiefly to southern Africa and widely cultivated for their rounded, often variegated leaves and showy clusters of red, pink, or white irregular flowers. An essential oil is obtained from the leaves of some species. Also called pelargonium, storksbill.2. Any of various plants of the genus Geranium, having palmately divided leaves and pink or purplish regular flowers. Also called cranesbill.3. A strong to vivid red.

[New Latin Geranium, genus name (under which Linnaeus included both Geranium and Pelargonium, later separated), from Latin geranium, a species of geranium (G. tuberosum), cranesbill (from the appearance of its seed capsule ), from Greek geranion, diminutive of geranos, crane; see gerə- in Indo-European roots.]

geranium

(dʒɪˈreɪnɪəm) n1. (Plants) any cultivated geraniaceous plant of the genus Pelargonium, having scarlet, pink, or white showy flowers. See also pelargonium, rose geranium, lemon geranium2. (Plants) any geraniaceous plant of the genus Geranium, such as cranesbill and herb Robert, having divided leaves and pink or purplish flowers3. (Colours) a strong red to a moderate or strong pink colour[C16: from Latin: cranesbill, from Greek geranion, from geranos crane]

ge•ra•ni•um

(dʒɪˈreɪ ni əm)

n. 1. Also called crane's-bill. any plant of the genus Geranium, having usu. pink or purplish flowers. 2. wild geranium. 3. Also called stork's-bill. any plant of the widely cultivated allied S African genus Pelargonium, having showy red, pink, or white flowers and sometimes fragrant leaves. 4. a vivid red color. [1540–50; < New Latin, for Latin geranion < Greek geránion, derivative of géranos crane]

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geranium - any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceaeherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsfamily Geraniaceae, Geraniaceae, geranium family - chiefly herbaceous plantscrane's bill, cranesbill - any of numerous geraniums of the genus GeraniumPelargonium graveolens, rose geranium, sweet-scented geranium - any of several southern African geraniums having fragrant three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and pink flowersbedding geranium, fish geranium, Pelargonium hortorum, zonal pelargonium - an upright geranium having scalloped leaves with a broad color zone inside the margin and white or pink or red flowershanging geranium, ivy geranium, ivy-leaved geranium, Pelargonium peltatum - a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowersapple geranium, nutmeg geranium, Pelargonium odoratissimum - geranium with round fragrant leaves and small white flowerslemon geranium, Pelargonium limoneum - a common garden geranium with lemon-scented foliageheron's bill, storksbill - any of various plants of the genus Erodium

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geranium

geranium,

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, the true geranium), heron's-bill (genus Erodium), and stork's-bill (genus Pelargonium). The American wild geranium, or wild crane's-bill, has rose-to-purple five-petaled flowers and handsome, deeply forked leaves; the woodland herb Robert is similar but smaller. Florists' geraniums are hybrid varieties of the S African genus Pelargonium in which the "petals" are actually highly modified stamens. Geraniums are cultivated not only as ornamentals but for the aromatic oils extracted from their foliage and flowers for use in flavorings and perfumes. Geraniums are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Geraniales, family Geraniaceae.

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Geranium

(1) A genus of plants of the family Geraniaceae. They are perennial, less frequently annual, herbaceous plants. The leaves are lobed or dissected and have stipules. The blossoms are regular and pentamerous; there are ten stamens; the ovary is superior and consists of five rostrate carpels. There are approximately 400 species that are found everywhere but chiefly in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. In the USSR there are more than 50 species. Meadow cranesbill (G. pratense) and wood cranesbill (G. sylvaticum) are common on the edge of forests, in meadows, brushwood, and light forests; G. palustre, in herbaceous swamps; and small-flowered cranesbill (G. pusilium), as a weed. Some species of Geranium are cultivated as ornamentals.

(2) Sometimes plants of the genus Pelargonium, which also belong to the family Geraniaceae, are called geraniums.

T. V. EGOROVA

Geranium

[jə′rā·nē·əm] (botany) A genus of plants in the family Geraniaceae characterized by regular flowers, and glands alternating with the petals.

geranium

1. any cultivated geraniaceous plant of the genus Pelargonium, having scarlet, pink, or white showy flowers 2. any geraniaceous plant of the genus Geranium, such as cranesbill and herb Robert, having divided leaves and pink or purplish flowers 3. a strong red to a moderate or strong pink colour

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noun any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae

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herb
herbaceous plant
family Geraniaceae
Geraniaceae
geranium family
crane's bill
cranesbill
Pelargonium graveolens
rose geranium
sweet-scented geranium
bedding geranium
fish geranium
Pelargonium hortorum
zonal pelargonium
hanging geranium
ivy geranium
ivy-leaved geranium
Pelargonium peltatum
apple geranium
nutmeg geranium
Pelargonium odoratissimum
lemon geranium
Pelargonium limoneum
heron's bill
storksbill