zonal pelargonium
- noun
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pelargonio zonal
- The zonal pelargonium is a popular choice for window boxes due to its vibrant flowers and striking leaves.
Examples
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Gardeners prize the zonal pelargonium for its colorful foliage and long-lasting blooms.
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She planted several zonal pelargoniums along the path, creating a cheerful border of pink and red.
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The zonal pelargonium blooms beautifully in summer.
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I bought a zonal pelargonium for my garden.
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Gardeners prize the zonal pelargonium for its colorful foliage and long-lasting blooms.
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She planted several zonal pelargoniums along the path, creating a cheerful border of pink and red.
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The zonal pelargonium is a popular choice for window boxes due to its vibrant flowers and striking leaves.
Synonyms
A common garden plant with leaves that have a dark band and bright pink, red, or white flowers
A garden plant with upright stems, leaves with wavy edges and a dark band, and pink, red, or white flowers
An upright garden plant with wavy leaves that have a dark edge and red, pink, or white flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
This noun phrase is compositionally built: 'zonal' means 'pertaining to zones or bands' and 'pelargonium' is a type of geranium, so the phrase denotes a geranium with zonal/banded markings. Although botanical and somewhat specialized, the sense is directly inferable from the constituents and follows standard adjective + noun composition, so a learner who knows both words can understand it.
Etymology
Zonal pelargonium comes from two parts: zonal, for the dark 'zone' or band on the leaf, and pelargonium, an old name that meant 'stork' because the plant's seed looks like a stork's beak. So the name points to a geranium with a wide colored band on its leaves and bright flowers.
