cranesbill

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology

crane +‎ 's +‎ bill. The flowering plant is so called because of the lengthened appendage of the seed-vessel.

Noun

cranesbill (plural cranesbills)

1. Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium found throughout the temperate zone.
2. A pair of long-beaked forceps.

Usage notes

• Geranium is the common name for members of the Pelargonium genus.

Translations

plant of the genus Geranium

• Bulgarian: здравец (zdravec)
• Finnish: kurjenpolvi (fi)
• French: géranium (fr)
• Hungarian: gólyaorr (hu)
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• Romanian: geraniu (ro) m
• Russian: гера́нь (ru) f (geránʹ), жураве́льник (ru) m (žuravélʹnik)
• Spanish: geranio (es) m

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