A geranium is a plant with red, pink, or white flowers.
geranium in British English
(dʒɪˈreɪnɪəm)
noun
1.
any cultivated geraniaceous plant of the genus Pelargonium, having scarlet, pink, or white showy flowers
See also pelargonium, rose geranium, lemon geranium
2.
any geraniaceous plant of the genus Geranium, such as cranesbill and herb Robert, having divided leaves and pink or purplish flowers
3.
a strong red to a moderate or strong pink colour
Word origin
C16: from Latin: cranesbill, from Greek geranion, from geranoscrane
geranium in American English
(dʒəˈreɪniəm)
adjective
1.
designating a family (Geraniaceae, order Geraniales) of dicotyledonous plants, including thepelargonium
noun
2.
any of a large genus (Geranium) of plants of the geranium family, having pink or purple flowers, long bill-shaped seeds, and leaves with many lobes; cranesbill
3.
pelargonium: the florist's geranium
4.
an intense red
Word origin
L < Gr geranion, cranesbill, dim. < geranos, a crane < IE base *ger-, echoic of hoarse cry > crane
Then geraniums are the plant that it is close to impossible to kill.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There were a couple of houses built in Alpine style and geraniums planted in flower boxes.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The Iranians ran some of the most humane camps, planted with geraniums.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Out front there's a riot of bright red geraniums, just to keep people guessing.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
THIS month some 100million geraniums will be planted out in gardens, parks and containers of all shapes and sizes.
The Sun (2008)
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In other languages
geranium
British English: geranium /dʒɪˈreɪnɪəm/ NOUN
A geranium is a plant with red, pink, or white flowers.
American English: geranium
Arabic: جيرانيوم
Brazilian Portuguese: gerânio
Chinese: 天竺葵
Croatian: geranij
Czech: muškát pelargónie
Danish: geranium
Dutch: geranium
European Spanish: geranio
Finnish: pelargonia
French: géranium
German: Geranie
Greek: γεράνι
Italian: geranio
Japanese: ゼラニウム
Korean: 제라늄
Norwegian: geranium
Polish: geranium
European Portuguese: gerânio
Romanian: mușcată
Russian: герань
Latin American Spanish: geranio
Swedish: pelargon
Thai: ต้นเจอเรเนียมมีดอกสีชมพูหรือสีม่วง
Turkish: sardunya
Ukrainian: герань
Vietnamese: cây phong lữ
All related terms of 'geranium'
rose geranium
a small geraniaceous shrub, Pelargonium graveolens , grown in North America for its pink flowers and fragrant leaves, used for scenting perfumes and cosmetics
wild geranium
any of various geraniums found in meadows and woods ; esp., a wildflower ( Geranium maculatum ) of the E U.S., having deeply lobed leaves and lavender flowers
geranium family
the plant family Geraniaceae, typified by herbaceous plants or small shrubs having lobed leaves, showy flowers, and slender , beak-shaped fruit, and including the crane's-bills, stork's-bills, and cultivated geraniums of the genus Pelargonium
lemon geranium
a cultivated geraniaceous plant, Pelargonium limoneum, with lemon-scented leaves
zonal geranium
a pelargonium whose leaves are marked with concentric circles of a different colour to the rest of the leaf
ivyleaf geranium
a geranium plant, pelargonium peltatum , with trailing leaves and white, pink , red, or violet flowers
trailing geranium
an ivy-leaved variety of geranium , Pelargonium peltatum