PELARGONIUM PELTATUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pelargonium peltatum mean? 

• PELARGONIUM PELTATUM (noun)
  The noun PELARGONIUM PELTATUM has 1 sense:

1. a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers

  Familiarity information: PELARGONIUM PELTATUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PELARGONIUM PELTATUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

hanging geranium; ivy-leaved geranium; ivy geranium; Pelargonium peltatum

Hypernyms ("Pelargonium peltatum" is a kind of...):

geranium (any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae)

Holonyms ("Pelargonium peltatum" is a member of...):

genus Pelargonium; Pelargonium (geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated)

 Context examples 

Pelargonium peltatum is used primarily in parfumery.

(Pelargonium Peltatum Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The essential oil extracted from the leaves of the ivy-leaved geranium, Pelargonium peltatum.

(Pelargonium Peltatum Oil, NCI Thesaurus)