cranesbill

English

Geranium cuneatum

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹeɪnz.bɪl/

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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

• The word geranium is also the common name for members of the Pelargonium genus.

Derived terms

• pencilled cranesbill
• spotted cranesbill

 

Translations

plant of the genus Geranium

• Bulgarian: здравец (bg) (zdravec)
• Finnish: kurjenpolvi (fi)
• French: géranium (fr)
• German: Storchschnabel m
• Greek:

  Ancient: γεράνιον n (geránion)

• Hungarian: gólyaorr (hu)
• Irish: crobh fola m
• Italian: geranio (it) m
• Japanese: 風露草 (フウロソウ)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: storkenebb m or n

• Polish: bodziszek m, geranium (pl) n
• Romanian: geraniu (ro) m
• Russian: гера́нь (ru) f (geránʹ), жураве́льник (ru) m (žuravélʹnik)
• Spanish: geranio (es) m
• Swedish: näva
• Welsh: pig yr aran m, troedrudd f or m

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