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Definition of Geranium

1. Noun. Any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae.

Definition of Geranium

1. n. A genus of plants having a beaklike torus or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill.

Definition of Geranium

1. Noun. Any flowering plant of the genus ''Geranium'', the cranesbills, of family ''Geraniaceae''. ¹

2. Noun. The common name for flowering plants of the genus ''Pelargonium''. ¹

3. Noun. A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium. ¹

4. Adjective. Of a bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Geranium

1. a flowering plant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Geranium

1. 1. A genus of plants having a beaklike tours or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odour. Called sometimes crane's-bill. 2. A cultivated pelargonium. Many plants referred to the genus Geranium by the earlier botanists are now separated from it under the name of Pelargonium, which includes all the commonly cultivated "geraniums", mostly natives of South Africa. Origin: L, fr. Gr, from crane: cf. F. Geranium. See Crane. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Geranium

Literary usage of Geranium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"Ind. Crowfoot-leav'd Crane's-bill, with a white Flower. 3. geranium ... H. Ox. Bloody Crane's-bill, with a large Flower. 6. geranium ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"In most cases, the How ers of geranium are regular, but those of Pelargonium are irregular, the two upper petals differing from the others in size and shape ..."

3. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"Maculatura, see geranium, and G. ... A European plant, esteemed to be excitant and diaphoretic. geranium ..."

4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"geranium FAMILY. Herbs with alternate or opposite leaves, and axillary solitary or clustered perfect regular flowers. Stipules commonly present. ..."

5. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1911)
"geranium oil is largely adulterated with the so-called Indian geranium oil (p. ... geranium oil is largely used in perfumery and is known as "rose- ..."

6. The Floral World and Garden Guide by Shirley Hibberd (1862)
"Centre Cineraria Marítima, two rings of Little David geranium, edging of Gna- ... Centre Trentham Scarlet geranium, edged with White Verbena Snowflake. ..."

7. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"Plants of the genus geranium are herbs with perennial, biennial, ... Six species of geranium or cranesbill are found east of the Mississippi, ..."

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