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Geranium vs Geraniaceous - What's the difference?

geranium | geraniaceous |

As a noun geranium

is geranium.

As an adjective geraniaceous is

(botany) of or pertaining to the family geraniaceae of flowering plants, including the geranium.

geranium

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium'', the cranesbills, of family ''Geraniaceae .
  • The common name for flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium .
  • A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium.

    • Synonyms

    * (plant) cranesbill

    Derived terms

    * rose geranium * wild geranium

    Related terms

    * geraniol

    See also

    * alfilaria * storksbill * ("geranium" on Wikipedia) * (Pelargonium) * ("geranium" species on Wikimedia) * (Pelargonium)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium.

    • See also

    *

    geraniaceous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (botany) Of or pertaining to the family Geraniaceae of flowering plants, including the geranium.
    • (Webster 1913)