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Definition of Fish geranium
1. Noun. An upright geranium having scalloped leaves with a broad color zone inside the margin and white or pink or red flowers.
Generic synonyms: Geranium
Group relationships: Genus Pelargonium, Pelargonium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fish Geranium
Literary usage of Fish geranium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The wonders of plant life under the microscope by Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick (1884)
"... which tlie an hers had disappeared ; A, The ordinary scarlet geranium—the fish
geranium, as it is generally called—is a good illustration of dichogamy. ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"fish geranium. Fig. 2836. Plant more velvety than P. zonale, sometimes more or
less viscid, the Ivs. not zoned: Ivs. long-petioled, orbicular-reniform, ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"fish geranium. Fig. 1698. Plant more velvety than P. zonale, sometimes more or
less viscid, the leaves not zoned: calyx-tube densely glandular and viscid, ..."
4. Botany: An Elementary Text for Schools by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"fish geranium. Fig. 183. Stem somewhat succulent and hairy: leaves orbicular or
reniform, crenate-lobed, often with bands of different colors: flowers in ..."
5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1874)
"... the bushes clambering over half-way up a three story brick house ; hedges of
from six to eight feet high of pink and red fish geranium ; trees of Lemon ..."
6. The Yale Literary Magazine by Yale University, Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg (1842)
"We admire the vividness of his fancy and the glow of his imagination, especially
when he discourses so feelingly about " The green-leaved fish geranium," ..."
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