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Meanings of geranium in English

The common name for flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium.

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

Synonyms
Examples for "storksbill"
Examples for "storksbill"
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I pulled away, under the pretext of plucking a bunch of pink-flowered storksbill that grew from a crack in the rock.
Outlander
Usage of geranium in English
1
Scarlet for geranium; a larger portion of the scarlet with the crimson.
The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling
2
Genevieve Maud reclined in a geranium-bed in an attitude of unstudied ease.
Many Kingdoms
3
The housekeeper could hardly believe her eyes when she saw the geranium.
Quill's Window
4
One spray of scarlet geranium was all that I ventured to pluck.
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891
5
Wild strawberry, violet, geranium, etc., announced our approach to the temperate zone.
Himalayan Journals — Volume 1 / Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Ben...
6
She nestled a geranium, a bright magenta bloomer, in a secure spot.
The lost recipe for happiness
7
Tufts of geranium, from bead baskets, suspended mid-room, drop their witching perfume.
The Abominations of Modern Society
8
It was just like Aunt Isabel to have rose-geranium in her finger-bowls!
Missy
9
Well, the Sovereign's gracious words were entirely owing to the geranium blossom!
The Chink in the Armour
10
It looks like the seed of the geranium that grows in the garden.
Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3)
11
Its greatest contribution, though, has been to the global geranium industry.
The South African
12
And lo and behold, the geranium can do a similar thing.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
13
I love to add sweet geranium for a wonderful floral twist.
The Irish Times
14
At the windows were curtains of laughing chintz and pots of pink geranium.
The Haunted Bookshop
15
For my part, I had secured the chair and blooming geranium.
Driven Back to Eden
16
Jessie, in great distress, dropped her geranium and ran to her.
The Story of Jessie
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Geranium through the time
Geranium across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common