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Definition of Rose geranium

1. Noun. Any of several southern African geraniums having fragrant three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and pink flowers.

Definition of Rose geranium

1. Noun. any of several flowering plants, of the genus ''pelargonium'', having pink flowers and fragrant leaves; especially ''pelargonium graveolens'', ''pelargonium roseum'' and ''pelargonium sidoides'' ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rose Geranium

Literary usage of Rose geranium

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

1. The Scientific American Cyclopedia of Formulas: Partly Based Upon the 28th by Albert Allis Hopkins (1910)
"Spirit of Rose.—Oil of rose. 2 dr.; (Essences and Extracts) cohol, 16 oz. The oil of rose geranium is added to give permanence to the spirit. 9.—Tea Rose. ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"mo rose geranium. Fig. 2846. Shrubby and branchy, somewhat hairy and ... —This is one of the commonest forms of rose geranium, a leafy plant with a rather ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"—This is one of the commonest forms of rose geranium. ... Perhaps it has entered into the garden forms of rose geranium. ccccc. Lvs. email, round-cordate, ..."

4. Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Lands by Lydia Howard Sigourney (1844)
"THE rose geranium. HOLD up thy head, thou trembling voyager! Vex'd by the storm-clouds, as they darkly roll, Chid by the fiercely tossing waves that stir ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1887)
"Dr. G. Heppe observes that the most common adulteration of oil of rose is that with oil of rose-geranium, which in ordinary cases may be discovered by ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"rose geranium oil is frequently adulterated by grass oils, ... Nitric acid colors rose geranium oil green, andro- pogon oil was intensely dark yellow; ..."

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