- cranesbill
- noun Date: 1548 geranium 1
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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cranesbill — or crane s bill [krānz′bil΄] n. GERANIUM (sense 1) * * * cranes·bill (krānzʹbĭl ) n. See geranium. * * * … Universalium
cranesbill — or crane s bill [krānz′bil΄] n. GERANIUM (sense 1) … English World dictionary
cranesbill — noun a herbaceous plant with lobed leaves and typically purple or violet five petalled flowers. [Geranium pratense (meadow cranesbill) and related species.] Origin C16: so named because of the long spur on the fruit, thought to resemble a crane s … English new terms dictionary
cranesbill — noun Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium found throughout the temperate zone … Wiktionary
cranesbill — n. geranium (Botany) … English contemporary dictionary
cranesbill — cranes·bill … English syllables
cranesbill — /ˈkreɪnzbɪl/ (say kraynzbil) noun → geranium (def. 1). Also, crane s bill. {crane + ( )s1 + bill2; 16th century translation of Dutch kranebek geranium} …
cranesbill — n. any of various plants of the genus Geranium, having beaked fruits … Useful english dictionary
List of cranesbill species — The cranesbills are a genus, Geranium , of 422 species.There are three subgenera, divided in sections and subsections : *Geranium subg. Erodioidea *Geranium subg. Geranium : to be discerned by its fruit of the seed ejecting type *Geranium subg.… … Wikipedia
meadow cranesbill — noun tall perennial cranesbill with paired violet blue axillary flowers; native to northern parts of Old World and naturalized in North America • Syn: ↑Geranium pratense • Hypernyms: ↑cranesbill, ↑crane s bill * * * noun : a tall perennial… … Useful english dictionary
