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CRANESBILL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium

Synonyms:

crane's bill; cranesbill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cranesbill" is a kind of...):

geranium (any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cranesbill"):

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 ("cranesbill" is a member of...):

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

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