Erodium

See also: erodium

Translingual edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós, “heron”), referring to the resemblance of the elongated fruit of many Erodium species to a heron's elongated bill. Compare vernacular words for plants of this genus such as English storksbill and Dutch reigersbek.

Proper noun edit

Erodium n

A taxonomic genus within the family Geraniaceae – known as filarees or heron's bills in North America, and as storksbills in the British Isles.

Hypernyms edit

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Geraniales - order; Geraniaceae - family

Hyponyms edit

(genus): Erodium subg. Barbata, Erodium subg. Erodium - subgenera
- Erodium crassifolium - type species; Erodium ciconium (common stork's bill), Erodium cicutarium (redstem stork's bill) - selected other species