Pelargonium
[,pelә'gәuniәm]
Definition
(noun.) geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated.
Edited by Jason--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A large genus of plants of the order Geraniaceae, differing from Geranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla.
Editor: Stacy
Definition
n. a vast genus of beautiful flowering plants of order Geraniace.—adj. Pēlar′gic stork-like.
Edited by Dorothy
Examples
- It is notorious in how complicated a manner the species of Pelargonium, Fuchsia, Calceolaria, Petunia, Rhododendron, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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