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Definition of Strawberry geranium
1. Noun. Eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons.
Group relationships: Genus Saxifraga, Saxifraga
Generic synonyms: Breakstone, Rockfoil, Saxifrage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strawberry Geranium
Literary usage of Strawberry geranium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. House Plants and how to Grow Them by Parker Thayer Barnes (1909)
"The two commonest house plants increased by this method are the strawberry geranium
and the sword fern. The strawberry geranium will form new leaves on ..."
2. Systematic Science Teaching: A Manual of Inductive Elementary Work for All by Edward Gardiner Howe (1894)
"Hairy: Strawberry, geranium, mullein. Parts.—(Blade, petiole, and stipules):
Rose, pansy, pea. Tip.—Sharp: Grass, apple, lilac. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1893)
"... L. ; from the way in which it is usually suspended in a cottage window; also
known as strawberry geranium, from its strawberry-like runners. ..."
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