Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Geranium"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Geranium \Ge*ra"ni*um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, from ? crane: cf. F.
g['e]ranium. See {Crane}, n.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of plants having a beaklike tours or
receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged,
and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints.
Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor.
Called sometimes crane's-bill.
2. (Floriculture) A cultivated pelargonium.
Note: Many plants referred to the genus {Geranium} by the
earlier botanists are now separated from it under the
name of {Pelargonium}, which includes all the commonly
cultivated ``geraniums'', mostly natives of South
Africa.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
geranium
n : any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae
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