different between geranium vs cranesbill

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (géranos, “crane”), plus the Latin suffix -ium.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?ni?m

Noun

geranium (plural geraniums or gerania)

1. Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium, the cranesbills, of family Geraniaceae.
2. The common name for flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium.
3. A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium.

Synonyms

• (Geranium): cranesbill
• (Pelargonium): pelargonium

Derived terms

• rock geranium (Heuchera spp.)
• rose geranium (Pelargonium spp.)
• wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)

Related terms

• geraniol

Translations

See also

• alfilaria
• storksbill
• geranium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pelargonium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Geranium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pelargonium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Adjective

geranium (comparative more geranium, superlative most geranium)

1. Of a bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium.

Translations

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek ??????? (géranos, “crane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ra?.ni.?m/
• Hyphenation: ge?ra?ni?um

Noun

geranium f (plural geraniums, diminutive geraniumpje n)

1. A geranium, plant of the genus Geranium.
2. (informal) A pelargonium.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek ??????? (géranos, “crane”)

Noun

geranium m (definite singular geranien or geraniumen, indefinite plural geranier, definite plural geraniene)

1. a geranium, plant of genus Geranium
2. a pelargonium (popular name)

Synonyms

• storkenebb

Related terms

• pelargonia

References

• “geranium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “geranium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek ??????? (géranos)

Noun

geranium m (definite singular geraniumen, indefinite plural geraniumar, definite plural geraniumane)

1. a geranium, plant of genus Geranium
2. a pelargonium (popular name)

Synonyms

• storkenebb

Related terms

• pelargonia

References

• “geranium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French géranium.

Noun

geranium n (uncountable)

1. geranium

Declension

English

Pronunciation

Etymology

crane +? -s- +? bill. The flowering plant is so called because of the lengthened appendage of the seed-vessel.

Noun

cranesbill (plural cranesbills)

1. Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium found throughout the temperate zone.
2. A pair of long-beaked forceps.

Usage notes

• Geranium is the common name for members of the Pelargonium genus.

Translations

Anagrams

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