a herbaceous plant or small shrub of a genus that comprises the cranesbills and their relatives. Geraniums bear a long, narrow fruit that is said to be shaped like the bill of a crane.
Genus Geranium, family Geraniaceae
(in general or informal use) a cultivated pelargonium.
[mass noun] the scarlet colour of many cultivated pelargoniums.
Origin:
modern Latin, from Greek geranion, from geranos 'crane'
geranium in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of geranium in the US English dictionary
