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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ge•ra•ni•um /dʒɪˈreɪniəm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologya common garden plant with small white, pink, or red flowers and rounded leaves.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ge•ra•ni•um ( ji rā′nē əm),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- Plant Biologythe wild geranium, G. maculatum, of eastern North America, having loose clusters of lavender flowers.
- Plant BiologyAlso called stork's-bill. any of various plants of the allied genus Pelargonium, native to southern Africa, having showy flowers or fragrant leaves, widely cultivated in gardens and as houseplants.
- Plant Biologya flower of this plant.
- a vivid red color.
- Greek geránion name for various plants the fruit of which was thought to resemble a crane's bill, derivative of géranos crane; akin to Latin grūs
- Neo-Latin, for Latin geranion
- 1540–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: geranium /dʒɪˈreɪnɪəm/ n - any cultivated geraniaceous plant of the genus Pelargonium, having scarlet, pink, or white showy flowers
See also pelargonium - any geraniaceous plant of the genus Geranium, such as cranesbill and herb Robert, having divided leaves and pink or purplish flowers
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin: cranesbill, from Greek geranion, from geranos crane |