HERON'S BILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heron's bill mean? 

• HERON'S BILL (noun)
  The noun HERON'S BILL has 1 sense:

1. any of various plants of the genus Erodium

  Familiarity information: HERON'S BILL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERON'S BILL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Erodium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

heron's bill; storksbill

Hypernyms ("heron's bill" is a kind of...):

geranium (any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heron's bill"):

alfilaria; alfileria; clocks; Erodium cicutarium; filaree; filaria; pin clover; pin grass; redstem storksbill (European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage)

Erodium moschatum; musk clover; muskus grass; white-stemmed filaree (low annual European herb naturalized in America; similar to alfilaria)

Erodium texanum; Texas storksbill (of prairies and desert areas of southwestern United States and Mexico)

Holonyms ("heron's bill" is a member of...):

Erodium; genus Erodium (geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions)