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GERANIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("geranium" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "geranium"):
crane's bill; cranesbill (any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium)
Pelargonium graveolens; rose geranium; sweet-scented geranium (any of several southern African geraniums having fragrant three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and pink flowers)
bedding geranium; fish geranium; Pelargonium hortorum; zonal pelargonium (an upright geranium having scalloped leaves with a broad color zone inside the margin and white or pink or red flowers)
hanging geranium; ivy-leaved geranium; ivy geranium; Pelargonium peltatum (a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers)
apple geranium; nutmeg geranium; Pelargonium odoratissimum (geranium with round fragrant leaves and small white flowers)
lemon geranium; Pelargonium limoneum (a common garden geranium with lemon-scented foliage)
heron's bill; storksbill (any of various plants of the genus Erodium)
Holonyms ("geranium" is a member of...):
family Geraniaceae; Geraniaceae; geranium family (chiefly herbaceous plants)
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