Geranium

  • 31geranium — UK [dʒəˈreɪnɪəm] / US noun [countable] Word forms geranium : singular geranium plural geraniums a plant with soft round leaves and bright flowers that are usually pink, red, or white …

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  • 32geranium — ge•ra•ni•um [[t]dʒɪˈreɪ ni əm[/t]] n. 1) pln Also called crane s bill. any plant of the genus Geranium having usu. pink or purplish flowers. 2) pln wild geranium 3) pln Also called stork s bill any plant of the widely cultivated allied S African… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 33Geranium — pelargonija statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Snaputinių (Geraniaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Pelargonium). atitikmenys: lot. Pelargonium angl. garden geranium; pelargonium; stork’s bill vok. Geranium; Pelargonie; Rosenstorchschnabel rus.… …

    Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • 34geranium — [16] The native English name for the ‘geranium’, cranesbill, shows that the same thought occurred independently to the speakers of two independent languages many miles and centuries apart. For the plant’s seed case is long and pointed, very much… …

    Word origins

  • 35geranium — n. 1 any herb or shrub of the genus Geranium bearing fruit shaped like the bill of a crane, e.g. cranesbill. 2 (in general use) a cultivated pelargonium. 3 the colour of the scarlet geranium. Etymology: L f. Gk geranion f. geranos crane …

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  • 36GÉRANIUM — s. m. (On prononce Géraniome. ) T. de Botan. Genre de plantes qu on nomme aussi Bec de grue : il renferme un très grand nombre d espèces, cultivées la plupart dans les jardins d agrément, et remarquables par la forme de leur capsule, qui figure… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 37GÉRANIUM — n. m. (UM se prononce OME.) T. de Botanique Genre de plantes qui renferme un très grand nombre d’espèces, cultivées la plupart dans les jardins d’agrément. Géranium musqué. Cultiver des géraniums …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 38Geranium — Ge|ra|ni|um, das; s, …ien [lat. geranion < griech. geránion = Name einer Pflanze mit »kranichschnabelförmigen« Früchten, zu: géranos = Kranich]: ↑ Storchschnabel (2). * * * Geranium   [zu griechisch géranos »Kranich«] das, s/...ni|en,… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 39Geranium L. — Symbol GERAN Common Name geranium Botanical Family Geraniaceae …

    Scientific plant list

  • 40geranium — [[t]ʤɪre͟ɪniəm[/t]] geraniums N COUNT A geranium is a plant with red, pink, or white flowers …

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