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IVY-LEAVED GERANIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ivy-leaved geranium mean?
• IVY-LEAVED GERANIUM (noun)
The noun IVY-LEAVED GERANIUM has 1 sense:
1. a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers
Familiarity information: IVY-LEAVED GERANIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
hanging geranium; ivy-leaved geranium; ivy geranium; Pelargonium peltatum
Hypernyms ("ivy-leaved geranium" is a kind of...):
geranium (any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae)
Holonyms ("ivy-leaved geranium" is a member of...):
genus Pelargonium; Pelargonium (geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated)
Context examples
The essential oil extracted from the leaves of the ivy-leaved geranium, Pelargonium peltatum.
(Pelargonium Peltatum Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
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