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cranesbill en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkɹeɪnz.bɪl/ (US)

Etymology

First attested in the 1500s. Calque of Dutch craenhals; cognate with German Kranichhals and Middle Low German kraneshals, all likely derived from Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρᾰνος (gérănos, “crane”). By surface analysis, crane + -s- + bill. The flowering plant is so called because of the lengthened appendage of the seed vessel.

Meanings

1. Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium found throughout the temperate zone.
   • Sometimes called cranesbills, geraniums make up a large and widely used genus, greatly loved by gardeners from England to the United States to Australia. 2007, Holly Kerr Forsyth, The Constant Gardener, The Miegunyah Press, →ISBN, page 93:
2. A pair of long-beaked forceps.

Forms

Deriveds

pencilled cranesbill · Carolina cranesbill · spotted cranesbill

Synonyms

geranium

Translations (29)

tr çobaniğnesi (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · pl geranium (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · kk қазтамақ (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · fi kurjenpolvi (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · grc γεράνιον (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · bg здравец (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · es geranio (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · cmn 老鸛草 /老鹳草 (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · hu gólyaorr (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · ro geraniu (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · tr leylekayağı (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · ota چوبان ایكنهسی (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · de Storchschnabel (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · de Kranichhals (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · it geranio (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · ru жураве́льник (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · fr géranium (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · nn storkenebb (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · cs kakost (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · ru гера́нь (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · cy pig yr aran (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · ga crobh fola (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · gd crobh-preachain (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · tr leylekburnu (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · cy troedrudd (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · tr leylekgagası (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · pl bodziszek (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · sv näva (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium) · ja 風露草 (plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium)