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GENUS PELARGONIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated
Synonyms:
genus Pelargonium; Pelargonium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Pelargonium" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pelargonium"):
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)
Holonyms ("genus Pelargonium" is a member of...):
family Geraniaceae; Geraniaceae; geranium family (chiefly herbaceous plants)
