noun
geranium
juh-RAY-nee-uhm
noun
1
A garden plant, often with pink, red, or white flowers, commonly grown in pots and borders.
"She lined the windowsill with pots of bright red geraniums."
2
A vivid orange-red color, similar to that of a scarlet geranium flower.
"The walls were painted a warm geranium shade."
How to Use Geranium
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA popular flowering garden plant, or the bright red-orange color named after it.
Word Forms
more geranium comparative, geraniums plural, gerania plural, most geranium superlative
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Etymology
From Greek geranion, from geranos ("crane"), because the plant's seed pod resembles a crane's long beak.