Geraniums

Word GERANIUMS
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Definitions and meanings of "Geraniums"

What do we mean by geraniums?

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.

A derivative of the urban meaning for pansy Urban Dictionary

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The word "geraniums" in example sentences

The varieties of what we call geraniums are many and most beautiful. ❋ Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing (1863)

Bedding stock is what the florists term geraniums, coleus, begonias and other plants used for setting out flower beds in the spring. ❋ Unknown (1930)

-- What are commonly known as geraniums are, strictly speaking, pelargoniums. ❋ Unknown (1906)

I don't want to know why every guy in the neighborhood has such a limp and lifeless garden hose, while your geraniums are the happiest on the block. ❋ Unknown (2007)

-- To this genus belong the plants known as geraniums -- the most satisfactory of house-plants, and extensively used as bedding plants. ❋ Unknown (1906)

The so-called geraniums in cultivation are pelargoniums, strictly speaking. ❋ Neltje Blanchan (1891)

Grant Bigg and Amy Kirbyshire of the department of geography at Sheffield University examined temperature records of central England over recent decades, together with observations of 140 types of summer flowering plant, such as geraniums and roses, and when they came into bloom. ❋ Environment Correspondent (2010)

Some of the old-fashioned plants such as geraniums, dusty miller and the humble marigold-which is at its best in October when most of the other annuals are weary or worn out-bring much color and beauty to my garden. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Spring stock of some plants, such as geraniums, are rooted in the fall -- September to November. ❋ Unknown (1930)

Plants such as geraniums and heliotrope, which are wanted for blooming in early winter, should be kept rather dry and all buds pinched off. ❋ Unknown (1930)

As a rule the flowering plants, such as geraniums and heliotropes, require more light and sunshine than those grown for foliage, such as palms, ferns and the decorative leaved begonias. ❋ Unknown (1930)

On the one hand, the house and the garden is much tidier, less uncouth; there are flowers, such as geraniums, standard roses, those that are favourites in towns; and the unsightly and unhealthy middens and pools of muddy water have disappeared from beside the gates. ❋ Richard Jefferies (1867)

Plants with hairy leaves, such as geraniums, poppies and ferns, are most at risk, say the academics. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Many of us use drought-tolerant plants such as geraniums, agapanthus, alliums, phormiums, euphorbias, hebes, verbascum and nepeta to ease the burden of watering, and most established shrubs and perennials need less watering because their roots go deep enough to find moisture. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Annuals such as geraniums that can't live outdoors in Colorado's cold winter zone can be moved indoors and sometimes thrive in basements, kitchens or sun porches with adequate light. ❋ Julia McSherry (2009)

You can give a polished look to any window box by simply alternating upright flowering plants such as geraniums with a trailer, like ivy or sweet potato vines, which have soft, pale green, heart-shaped leaves. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The house has a thick grape arbor and bright red geraniums growing in window boxes and pink bougainvillea spilling over the tile roof. ❋ Claudia Ricci (2011)

[Roelof], [Movember] is for Geraniums ❋ ApparentlyaPansy (2011)

Alan had to [submit] to a "[geranium]" in his debut film, [Alan's] Anal Adventures ❋ Narcissistic_Sports_Pimp (2016)

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