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geraniaceous |
geraniales |
geraniine |
geranine |
geraniol |
geranium
| geranium family
| geranium maculatum
| geranium molle
| geranium pratense
| geranium richardsonii
geranium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun geranium has 1 sense
- geranium(n = noun.plant) Array - any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae; Array is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of family geraniaceae, geraniaceae, geranium family
has particulars: crane's bill, cranesbill, pelargonium graveolens, rose geranium, sweet-scented geranium, bedding geranium, fish geranium, pelargonium hortorum, zonal pelargonium, hanging geranium, ivy-leaved geranium, ivy geranium, pelargonium peltatum, apple geranium, nutmeg geranium, pelargonium odoratissimum, lemon geranium, pelargonium limoneum, heron's bill, storksbill
CIDE DICTIONARY
- 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 . [1913 Webster] - A cultivated pelargonium. [1913 Webster]" Many plants referred to the genus
Geranium by the earlier botanists are now separated from it under the name ofPelargonium , which includes all the commonly cultivated “geraniums”, mostly natives of South Africa." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
geranium, 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.
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
ROGET THESAURUS
geranium
Beauty
N beauty, the beautiful, to kalon, le beau ideal, aesthetics, callaesthetics, pulchritude, form, elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural beauty, symmetry, comeliness, fairness, polish, gloss, good effect, good looks, belle tournure, trigness, bloom, brilliancy, radiance, splendor, gorgeousness, magnificence, sublimity, sublimification, concinnity, delicacy, refinement, charm, je ne sais quoi, style, Venus, Aphrodite, Hebe, the Graces, Peri, Houri, Cupid, Apollo, Hyperion, Adonis, Antionous, Narcissus, peacock, butterfly, garden, flower of, pink of, bijou, jewel, work of art, flower, flow'ret gay, wildflower, rose, lily, anemone, asphodel, buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily of the valley, ranunculus, rhododendron, windflower, pleasurableness, beautifying, landscaping, landscape gardening, decoration, calisthenics, beauty, hunk (of men), beautiful, beauteous, handsome, gorgeous, pretty, lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing, attractive, delicate, dainty, refined, fair, personable, comely, seemly, bonny, good-looking, well-favored, well-made, well-formed, well- proportioned, proper, shapely, symmetrical, harmonious, sightly, fit to be seen, passable, not amiss, goodly, dapper, tight, jimp, gimp, janty, jaunty, trig, natty, quaint, trim, tidy, neat, spruce, smart, tricksy, bright, bright eyed, rosy cheeked, cherry cheeked, rosy, ruddy, blooming, in full bloom, brilliant, shining, beamy, beaming, sparkling, splendid, resplendent, dazzling, glowing, glossy, sleek, rich, superb, magnificent, grand, fine, sublime, showy, specious, artistic, artistical, aesthetic, picturesque, pictorial, fait a peindre, well-composed, well grouped, well varied, curious, enchanting becoming, ornamental, undeformed, undefaced, unspotted, spotless, auxilium non leve vultus habet, beauty born of murmuring sound, flowers preach to us if we will hear, gratior ac pulchro veniens in corpore virtus, none but the brave deserve the fair, thou who hast the fatal gift of beauty.
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