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wild geranium

wild geranium noun: a flowering plant of species Geranium maculatum, found in North America from Manitoba and Quebec to Oklahoma and Georgia.

wild geranium: a flowering plant of species Geranium maculatum, found in North America from Manitoba and Quebec to...
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Noun

wild geranium (countable and uncountable, plural wild geraniums)

  1. A flowering plant of species Geranium maculatum, found in North America from Manitoba and Quebec to Oklahoma and Georgia.
    • A rainbow-colored meadow, kissed with early morning sun / The aster and the dahlia and the wild geranium / Drops of morning dew still linger on the iris leaves / In the meadow where I'm walking in the early morning breeze1971, Dolly Parton, “Early Morning Breeze”
    Synonyms:
    spotted geranium, wood geranium, spotted cranesbill, wild cranesbill, alum root, alum bloom, old maid's nightcap

Synonyms of wild geranium

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Forms of wild geranium

pluralwild geraniums

Questions about wild geranium

What does wild geranium mean?
Wild geranium means a flowering plant of species Geranium maculatum, found in North America from Manitoba and Quebec to Oklahoma and Georgia.
What part of speech is wild geranium?
Wild geranium is a noun.
What is the plural of wild geranium?
The plural of wild geranium is wild geraniums.

Words near wild geranium in the dictionary

  1. wild flowers
  2. wild foxtail millet
  3. wild garlic
  4. wild garlics
  5. wild geese
  6. wild geranium
  7. wild geraniums
  8. wild ginger
  9. wild gingers
  10. wild goat
  11. wild goats

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