Geranium molle
- noun
- Specialized
:
geranio blando
- Many gardeners remove Geranium molle because it can quickly spread and become a weed.
Examples
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The small pink flowers of Geranium molle add a delicate touch to wild meadows.
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I found a patch of Geranium molle in my garden.
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Geranium molle is frequently found in gardens and lawns across Europe.
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The Geranium molle blooms beautifully in spring.
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Geranium molle often grows in vacant lots and is considered a common weed in many areas.
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Geranium molle produces small pink flowers that attract various pollinators in the wild.
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Geranium molle can be easily identified by its rounded leaves and delicate blooms in gardens.
Synonyms
A common low plant with round leaves and pink flowers that grows in lawns
How Broad
Surface Forms
Morphology
Geranium + molle
This is a Latin binomial (genus + specific epithet) so a learner who knows 'geranium' can at least tell it names a kind of geranium, but the second element 'molle' is a non‑English epithet (not transparent to a B1 learner) and does not convey an obvious everyday meaning. Because the phrase signals a specific species (compositional as a taxonomic label) but the informative content of the epithet is not accessible to ordinary learners, the item is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Geranium molle gets its name from old words: geranium comes from a Greek word meaning 'crane' because the plant's seed pod looks like a crane's beak, and molle is Latin for 'soft', which describes its soft leaves. So the name helps you picture this small wild geranium as a plant with a beak-like seed pod and soft leaves.