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Definition of Family Geraniaceae
1. Noun. Chiefly herbaceous plants.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Geraniales, Order Geraniales
Member holonyms: Geranium, Genus Geranium, Genus Pelargonium, Pelargonium, Erodium, Genus Erodium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Geraniaceae
Literary usage of Family Geraniaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"family Geraniaceae.—Flowers actinomorphic, rarely zygomorphic, pentamerous
throughout; stamens five or ten ; ovary with TWO ovules FIG. 501. ..."
2. The Essentials of Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey (1896)
"family Geraniaceae (Geraniums): Herbs, shrubs, and trees with opposite or
alternate (compound or simple) leaves ; torus elongated ; pistil lobed, ..."
3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"Examples: The geranium family (Geraniaceae), with the cranesbill (Geranium
maculatum) and others. The wood-sorrel family (Oxalidaceae), with the wood-sorrel ..."
4. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"Examples: The geranium family (Geraniaceae), with the cranesbill (Geranium
maculatum) and others. The wood-sorrel family (Oxalidaceae), with the wood-sorrel ..."
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