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.
老鹳草属植物;老鹳草。
(in general or informal use)a cultivated pelargonium
〈非正式〉 天竺葵属植物(统称)。
[mass noun]the scarlet colour of many cultivated pelargoniums
(多种天竺葵的)猩红色。
"modern Latin, from Greek