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    GENUS PELARGONIUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivatedplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Pelargonium; Pelargonium

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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)

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