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PELARGONIUM

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(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated

Synonyms:

genus Pelargonium; Pelargonium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Pelargonium" is a member of...):

family Geraniaceae; Geraniaceae; geranium family (chiefly herbaceous plants)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The essential oil of Pelargonium odoratissimum.

(Pelargonium odoratissimum Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The essential oil extracted from the leaves of the ivy-leaved geranium, Pelargonium peltatum.

(Pelargonium Peltatum Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called pelargonium.

(Geranium, NCI Dictionary)