Definition of Pelargonium peltatum

1. Noun. A commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers.

Exact synonyms: Hanging Geranium, Ivy Geranium, Ivy-leaved Geranium
Generic synonyms: Geranium
Group relationships: Genus Pelargonium, Pelargonium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pelargonium Peltatum

Peking duck
Peking man
Pekingese
Pekingologist
Pekingologists
Pekingology
Pel-Ebstein disease
Pel-Ebstein fever
Pelagian
Pelagian Islands
Pelargonium
Pelargonium graveolens
Pelargonium hortorum
Pelargonium limoneum
Pelargonium odoratissimum
Pelargonium peltatum
Pelasgian
Pelasgians
Pelasgic
Pele
Pele-type
Pelecanidae
Pelecanoididae
Pelecanus
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Peleg
Peleus
Pelew

Literary usage of Pelargonium peltatum

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"The ivy-leaved geraniums, products largely of pelargonium peltatum (Fig. 2839). The species is said to have been introduced into England in 1701. ..."

2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"... are divided into four groups, namely, ivy geraniums, derived from Pelargonium peltatum ; scarlet, horseshoe, or zonal geraniums, from Pelargonium ..."

3. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"... of the South-African Flora, so far, at least, as not to be swept away altogether from the face of the globe. pelargonium peltatum ..."

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