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Definition of Meadow cranesbill
1. Noun. Tall perennial cranesbill with paired violet-blue axillary flowers; native to northern parts of Old World and naturalized in North America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meadow Cranesbill
Literary usage of Meadow cranesbill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1896)
"Dr. Murray says, ' Commentators on Dennys and Walton have wrongly guessed Columbine
and meadow cranesbill ' ; but this may be said for the meadow cranesbill ..."
2. The Saturday Magazine (1843)
"... large blue flowers marked with white veins, to which, perhaps, we ought to
give the first place in noticing this family. This is the meadow cranesbill ..."
3. Lawns and Gardens: How to Plant and Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure by Nils Jönsson-Rose (1897)
"Cranesbill, Geranium.—Two or three of the wild species of Europe are very ornamental
and floriferous plants. The meadow cranesbill ((f. ..."
4. Contributions Towards a Fauna and Flora of the County of Cork by J. R. Harvey, Thomas C. Power, John D. Humphreys (1845)
"In Lota wood, Cork: Mr. D. Murray. Probably only the outcast of a garden
naturalized.—very rare. 149.* G. pratense, L. meadow cranesbill. ..."
5. Arbor Day, Its History, Observance, Spirit and Significance: Its History by Robert Haven Schauffler (1909)
"... the meadow orchis, the blue veronica, the blue meadow cranesbill; feeling the
warmth and delight of the increasing sun-rays, but not recognizing whence ..."
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