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cranesbill

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19
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10
Pronunciation
/ˈkɹeɪnz.bɪl/(US)

Definition of cranesbill

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
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noun

  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.”
  2. A pair of long-beaked forceps.

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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.

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