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    CRANE'S BILL

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geraniumplay

    Synonyms:

    crane's bill; cranesbill

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("crane's bill" is a kind of...):

    geranium (any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crane's bill"):

    Geranium maculatum; spotted cranesbill; wild geranium (common wild geranium of eastern North America with deeply parted leaves and rose-purple flowers)

    Geranium pratense; meadow cranesbill (tall perennial cranesbill with paired violet-blue axillary flowers; native to northern parts of Old World and naturalized in North America)

    Geranium richardsonii; Richardson's geranium (geranium of western North America having branched clusters of white or pale pink flowers)

    Geranium robertianum; herb robert; herb roberts; herbs robert (a sticky low herb with small reddish-purple flowers; widespread in the northern hemisphere)

    Geranium viscosissimum; sticky geranium (geranium of western North America having pinkish-purple flowers in open clusters)

    dove's foot geranium; Geranium molle (western geranium with small pink flowers; a common weed on lawns and in vacant lots)

    Holonyms ("crane's bill" is a member of...):

    genus Geranium (genus of mostly North American geraniums: cranesbills)

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