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HERON'S BILL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heron's bill mean?
• HERON'S BILL (noun)
The noun HERON'S BILL has 1 sense:
1. any of various plants of the genus Erodium
Familiarity information: HERON'S BILL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Erodium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("heron's bill" is a kind of...):
geranium (any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heron's bill"):
alfilaria; alfileria; clocks; Erodium cicutarium; filaree; filaria; pin clover; pin grass; redstem storksbill (European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage)
Erodium moschatum; musk clover; muskus grass; white-stemmed filaree (low annual European herb naturalized in America; similar to alfilaria)
Erodium texanum; Texas storksbill (of prairies and desert areas of southwestern United States and Mexico)
Holonyms ("heron's bill" is a member of...):
Erodium; genus Erodium (geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions)
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