geranium

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Synonyms for geranium

noun color of blood; shade resembling such a color

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noun. color of blood; shade resembling such a color

Word Origin & History

1540s, from Latin geranium, from Greek geranion, the plant name, diminutive of geranos "crane" (cognate with Latin grus, English crane (n.)), from supposed resemblance of seed pods to cranes' bills; the native name was also cranebill. As a color name from 1842.

Example Sentences for geranium

To-day she had contrived to pick up some geranium blossoms, scarlet and pink.

He secured a berth on the Geranium, sailing from Liverpool, and cabled Brant to that effect.

I can tell a geranium, when I see it, and I know a heliotrope by the smell.

Call her the—the 'Geranium'—the 'Sunflower'—what's the name of that doll baby of yours?

It is not clear what point is referred to under Geranium pyrenaicum.

Scarlet for geranium; a larger portion of the scarlet with the crimson.

Sometimes the calyx is covered with down, as in geranium, primrose, etc.

The first time I saw him he was digging in your geranium bed.

He digs holes in the geranium bed to bury the bones you give him.

And snapping off a sprig of geranium, she pressed it to her lips.

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