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    STORKSBILL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of various plants of the genus Erodiumplay

    Synonyms:

    heron's bill; storksbill

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    geranium (any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae)

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

    alfilaria; alfileria; clocks; Erodium cicutarium; filaree; filaria; pin clover; pin grass; redstem storksbill (European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage)

    Erodium moschatum; musk clover; muskus grass; white-stemmed filaree (low annual European herb naturalized in America; similar to alfilaria)

    Erodium texanum; Texas storksbill (of prairies and desert areas of southwestern United States and Mexico)

    Holonyms ("storksbill" is a member of...):

    Erodium; genus Erodium (geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions)

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