cranesbill
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cranesbill
- /ˈkɹeɪnz.bɪl/ US
Where it comes from
First attested in the 1500s. Calque of Dutch craenhals; cognate with German Kranichhals and Middle Low German kraneshals, all likely derived from Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρᾰνος (gérănos, “crane”).
By surface analysis, crane + -s- + bill. The flowering plant is so called because of the lengthened appendage of the seed vessel.
noun cranesbills
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Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium found throughout the temperate zone.
Sometimes called cranesbills, geraniums make up a large and widely used genus, greatly loved by gardeners from England to the United States to Australia.
Similar: geranium
- A pair of long-beaked forceps.
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noun plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
| Español | geranio |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 風露草 |
| 中文 | 老鸛草 /老鹳草 lǎoguàncǎo |
| Français | géranium |
| Deutsch | Storchschnabel, Kranichhals |
| Italiano | geranio |
| Română | geraniu |
| Русский | гера́нь geránʹ, жураве́льник žuravélʹnik |
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