Geranium
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- noun
- /dʒəˈreɪniəm/
- Specialized
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geranio
- Her forty geranium plants on the windowsills, however, were turning yellow and dropping their leaves.
- red geraniums
- potted geraniums
- geraniums bloom
Examples
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Geraniums in green wooden planters are on the porch, and azaleas are in mulched beds in the lawn.
Fiction book (2002) -
Sixty percent of the British gardens contained flowers, most frequently geraniums, agapanthus, and impatiens.
Academic text (2004) -
My little sister put on the geranium leaves.
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There's this man who types every morning, this woman who waters six geranium plants.
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For many years, a scented geranium known as 'Prince of Orange' has been offered in the United States.
Blog text (6) -
There is a variety of colors amongst geraniums, but the red and white predominate.
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The sun shone in on the pink geraniums.
Fiction book (1994) -
The light breeze stirred the geraniums on the balconies.
Fiction book (2000) -
The lawns all over town were immaculate, with flowerbeds full of pansies and geraniums.
Academic text (2001) -
This summer, I planted bright red geraniums in the flowerbeds to add color to my garden.
Synonyms
A plant that lives for more than one year and has hand-shaped leaves and showy five-petaled flowers
A small flowering plant with long thin seed pods like a bird's beak
Compounds
- Specialized
An upright garden plant with wavy leaves that have a dark edge and red, pink, or white flowers
An indoor plant with large rough leaves that have silver and red patterns and small hidden flowers
A small plant with a pleasant smell, oak-shaped leaves, and groups of yellow-green flowers
A garden plant with upright stems, leaves with wavy edges and a dark band, and pink, red, or white flowers
- Specialized
A group of mostly herb-like plants that make flowers, often grown in gardens
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A common wild flower in eastern North America with deeply divided leaves and purple flowers
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A wild plant from Europe and western Asia with small pink flowers that often grows as a weed in lawns
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A tall plant that lives for many years and has bright blue flowers that grow in meadows
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A wild geranium from western North America with small clusters of white or pale pink flowers
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A low sticky plant with small reddish-purple flowers that grows in northern places
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A wild geranium from western North America with sticky leaves and pinkish-purple flowers
A plant with long stems, round leaves, and bright pink flowers that people often grow in hanging baskets
A plant with round, scented leaves and small white flowers often grown for its smell
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A wild plant with small white or pale pink flowers that grows in western North America
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A low plant with green leaves and small flowers that grows in rocky places
- South African
A plant with divided leaves and pink flowers that smell sweet
A wildflower in western North America with sticky hairy stems and pinkish flowers
A small plant with round leaves and red and white flowers that people often grow indoors or as ground cover
A small wild flower with divided leaves and purple flowers that grows in woods and meadows
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Etymology
Geranium comes from the Greek word geranos, which means 'crane', because the plant's long seed pod looks like a crane's beak. That's why geraniums are also called 'cranesbills' and why the name fits this group of flowering plants.