A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium (Pelargonium inquinans) .
Used in a Sentence
geranium
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for geranium.
Editorial note
It's in the geranium family Geraniaceae, and is one of the most ancient cultivated plants around.
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Definitions4
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Quick take
A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium (Pelargonium inquinans) .
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of geranium gathered in one view.
Of a bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium (Pelargonium inquinans).
(loosely) Any flowering plant of the genus Pelargonium, of family Geraniaceae.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for geranium.
noun
A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium (Pelargonium inquinans) .
adjective
Of a bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium (Pelargonium inquinans).
noun
(loosely) Any flowering plant of the genus Pelargonium, of family Geraniaceae.
noun
(strictly) Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium, of family Geraniaceae.
Example sentences
It's in the geranium family Geraniaceae, and is one of the most ancient cultivated plants around.
If you've been looking at screens for a long time, geranium petals look impossibly red.
It is not as if they have shut down Geranium 2 production, is it?
Natural smells also helps, so a drop of rose geranium, rubbed on your skin.
A fully growth women, so terrified of any contact with men to barricade herself behind a geranium all day, should raise a red flag.
The geranium diode is doing most of the heavy lifting.
So are a lot of others: cochineal, geranium lake.
If you get one out -- albeit probably a geranium^Wgermanium detector rather than silicon, if you do gamma rays -- potassium-40 products stand out in a typical environment.
Yeah I saw that too - I'm sure they meant gerManium, but it's cool to think I could turn my geranium plant into a transistor!
> A fully growth women, so terrified of any contact with men to barricade herself behind a geranium all day, should raise a red flag.
> Using a crystal made of purified geranium, a semiconducting material, the rectifier could convert AC to DC I like this typo.
Roses of course but also violet, lavender, lilac, lily, hyacinth, osmanthus, mimosa, marigold, chrysanthemum, chamomile, geranium, carnation.
Quote examples
My favorite story of hers is "The Geranium".
Proper noun examples
Geranium is the plant, germanium is the transistor.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use geranium in a sentence?
It's in the geranium family Geraniaceae, and is one of the most ancient cultivated plants around.
What does geranium mean?
A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium (Pelargonium inquinans) .
What part of speech is geranium?
geranium is commonly used as noun, adjective.