GENUS PELARGONIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pelargonium mean? 

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

1. geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PELARGONIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pelargonium; Pelargonium

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pelargonium"):

Pelargonium graveolens; rose geranium; sweet-scented geranium (any of several southern African geraniums having fragrant three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and pink flowers)

bedding geranium; fish geranium; Pelargonium hortorum; zonal pelargonium (an upright geranium having scalloped leaves with a broad color zone inside the margin and white or pink or red flowers)

hanging geranium; ivy-leaved geranium; ivy geranium; Pelargonium peltatum (a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers)

apple geranium; nutmeg geranium; Pelargonium odoratissimum (geranium with round fragrant leaves and small white flowers)

lemon geranium; Pelargonium limoneum (a common garden geranium with lemon-scented foliage)

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

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