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ERODIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Erodium mean? 

ERODIUM (noun)
  The noun ERODIUM has 1 sense:

1. geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regionsplay

  Familiarity information: ERODIUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ERODIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Erodium; genus Erodium

Hypernyms ("Erodium" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Erodium"):

heron's bill; storksbill (any of various plants of the genus Erodium)

Holonyms ("Erodium" is a member of...):

family Geraniaceae; Geraniaceae; geranium family (chiefly herbaceous plants)


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