PELARGONIUM


Meaning of PELARGONIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpe-lär-ˈgō-nē-əm, -lər- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pelargos stork (akin to Greek pelios livid, polios gray) + New Latin -nium (as in Geranium ) — more at fallow

Date: 1835

: any of a genus ( Pelargonium ) of southern African herbs of the geranium family with showy flowers of usually red, pink, or white distinguished by a spurred calyx and irregular corolla — called also geranium, storksbill — compare rose geranium

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