Definition of Genus geranium

1. Noun. Genus of mostly North American geraniums: cranesbills.

Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Family Geraniaceae, Geraniaceae, Geranium Family
Member holonyms: Crane's Bill, Cranesbill

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Geranium

genus Genetta
genus Genipa
genus Genista
genus Genlisea
genus Gentiana
genus Gentianella
genus Gentianopsis
genus Genyonemus
genus Geochelone
genus Geococcyx
genus Geoffroea
genus Geoglossum
genus Geomys
genus Geophilus
genus Geothlypis
genus Geranium
genus Gerardia
genus Gerbera
genus Gerbillus
genus Gerea
genus Gerres
genus Gerrhonotus
genus Gerris
genus Gesneria
genus Geum
genus Giardia
genus Ginglymostoma
genus Ginkgo
genus Giraffa
genus Gladiolus

Literary usage of Genus geranium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The name, as a scientific appellation, has a much more restricted application than when taken in its popular sense. Formerly the genus Geranium was almost ..."

2. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"Plants of the genus geranium are herbs with perennial, biennial, or annual roots; stems swollen at the joints; leaves usually rounded and palmately ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"In his form, as depicted in "Species Plantarum," 1753, Linnaeus !841. described the few species which he knew (about twenty-five) under the genus Geranium. ..."

4. Journal of Materia Medica (1869)
"The genus Erodium, and the Pelargonium were formerly grouped in rhe genus Geranium. The Erodium. having but five stamens, will be found in order ..."

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