strawberry geranium
- noun
:
geranio de fresa
- Gardeners often use strawberry geranium as a ground cover in shaded areas.
Examples
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She placed a potted strawberry geranium on her windowsill to brighten up the room.
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The strawberry geranium is popular for its delicate foliage and trailing habit.
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I bought a strawberry geranium for my living room.
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The strawberry geraniums bloom beautifully in spring.
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Gardeners often use strawberry geranium as a ground cover in shaded areas.
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She placed a potted strawberry geranium on her windowsill to brighten up the room.
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The strawberry geranium is popular for its delicate foliage and trailing habit.
Synonyms
A small plant from eastern Asia that spreads by runners and has red and white star-shaped flowers
A small East Asian flowering plant with red-and-white flowers that spreads by runners called strawberry begonia
A small garden plant with red and white flowers that spreads along the ground
A small plant with many red and white flowers that spreads by long thin stems
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound follows a common noun-noun pattern where 'strawberry' modifies 'geranium', so a B1 learner who knows both words will reasonably infer it is a type of geranium associated with or resembling a strawberry (i.e., a kind of plant). This compositional naming of plants is cross-linguistically common and therefore readily interpretable from the constituents.
Etymology
Strawberry geranium gets its name from how the plant looks: it sends out thin runners like a strawberry and its leaves and small flowers look a bit like a geranium. So the name gives a simple picture to remember this low, spreading 'houseplant' or 'ground cover'.
