Definitions for geraniums

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geraniums ge·ra·ni·um

Spelling: [ji-rey-nee-uh m]

IPA: /dʒɪˈreɪ ni əm/

Geraniums is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 782 anagrams from letters in geraniums (aegimnrsu).

Definitions for geraniums

noun

1. any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
2. the wild geranium, G. maculatum, of eastern North America, having loose clusters of lavender flowers.
3. Also called stork's-bill. any of various plants of the allied genus Pelargonium, native to southern Africa, having showy flowers or fragrant leaves, widely cultivated in gardens and as houseplants.
4. a flower of this plant.
5. a vivid red color.

Origin of geraniums

1540-50; New Latin, for Latin geranion Greek geránion name for various plants the fruit of which was thought to resemble a crane's bill, derivative of géranos crane;

Examples for geraniums

He secured a berth on the geranium, sailing from Liverpool, and cabled Brant to that effect.

Call her the—the 'geranium'—the 'Sunflower'—what's the name of that doll baby of yours?

Scarlet for geranium; a larger portion of the scarlet with the crimson.

Sometimes the calyx is covered with down, as in geranium, primrose, etc.

To-day she had contrived to pick up some geranium blossoms, scarlet and pink.

I can tell a geranium, when I see it, and I know a heliotrope by the smell.

He digs holes in the geranium bed to bury the bones you give him.

The few bursts of color were provided by furry pumps in geranium.

The first time I saw him he was digging in your geranium bed.

It is not clear what point is referred to under geranium pyrenaicum.