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Definition of Cranesbill
1. Noun. Any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium.
Generic synonyms: Geranium
Group relationships: Genus Geranium
Specialized synonyms: Geranium Maculatum, Spotted Cranesbill, Wild Geranium, Geranium Pratense, Meadow Cranesbill, Geranium Richardsonii, Richardson's Geranium, Geranium Robertianum, Herb Robert, Herb Roberts, Herbs Robert, Geranium Viscosissimum, Sticky Geranium, Dove's Foot Geranium, Geranium Molle
Definition of Cranesbill
1. n. The geranium; -- so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane.
Definition of Cranesbill
1. Noun. Any flowering plant of the genus ''Geranium'' found throughout the temperate zone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cranesbill
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cranesbill
Literary usage of Cranesbill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawns and Gardens: How to Plant and Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure by Nils Jönsson-Rose (1897)
"cranesbill, Geranium.—Two or three of the wild species of Europe are very ...
The blood-red cranesbill (6r. sanguineum) is a spreading herb with five- or ..."
2. A Manual of materia medica and pharmacology: Comprising All Organic and by David Marvel Reynolds Culbreth (1906)
"... a crane—/. e., called cranesbill from resemblance of the long beak of seed
capsule. Herbs or shrubs with stipules and swollen joints. ..."
3. The Medical student's vade mecum by George Mendenhall (1857)
"cranesbill, Geranium. US From what is the cranesbill derived? From the Geranium
maculatum, an indigenous, perennial, herbaceous plant, growing in K. 1. ..."
4. A Manual of Examinations: Upon Anatomy, Physiology, Surgery, Practice of by John Livingston Ludlow (1867)
"cranesbill (Geranium).—What part is used?—The root of the geranium maculatum.
What is the appearance of the root? — It is horizontal and fleshy, ..."
5. Lawns and Gardens: How to Plant and Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure by Nils Jönsson-Rose (1897)
"cranesbill, Geranium.—Two or three of the wild species of Europe are very ...
The blood-red cranesbill (6r. sanguineum) is a spreading herb with five- or ..."
6. A Manual of materia medica and pharmacology: Comprising All Organic and by David Marvel Reynolds Culbreth (1906)
"... a crane—/. e., called cranesbill from resemblance of the long beak of seed
capsule. Herbs or shrubs with stipules and swollen joints. ..."
7. The Medical student's vade mecum by George Mendenhall (1857)
"cranesbill, Geranium. US From what is the cranesbill derived? From the Geranium
maculatum, an indigenous, perennial, herbaceous plant, growing in K. 1. ..."
8. A Manual of Examinations: Upon Anatomy, Physiology, Surgery, Practice of by John Livingston Ludlow (1867)
"cranesbill (Geranium).—What part is used?—The root of the geranium maculatum.
What is the appearance of the root? — It is horizontal and fleshy, ..."
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