heronsbill
/ˈhɛrənzbɪl/ /ˈhɛr(ə)nzbɪl/(also heron's bill) Now chiefly North American
noun
Any of the herbaceous plants comprising the genus Erodium (family Geraniaceae), resembling the cranesbills and found widely in the northern hemisphere; a storksbill. Formerly also: a cranesbill (genus Geranium).
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Henry Lyte (1529–1607), botanist and antiquary. From the genitive of heron + bill.
- potato stalk borer
- potato stick
- potato stone
- potato straw
- potato top
- potato-trap
- potato tree
- potato tuber moth
- potato tuberworm
- potato vine
- potato wart
- potato whisky
- potato worm
- pot-au-feu
- Potawatomi
- pot-baker
- pot-bank
- pot barley
- pot-bellied
- pot-bellied pig
- pot-bellied stove
- pot belly
- pot-board
- potboil
- potboiler