Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Geraniaceae — thegeraniums . - noun an
extract of therose geranium , Pelargonium sidoides, used as analternative medicine
Etymologies
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Examples
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The dispute before the European Patent Office in Munich involves the southern African plant umckaloabo, scientific name Pelargonium sidoides.
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I plan to use it among Pelargonium "Purple Unique" in pots on a hot terrace.
Stunning salvias Dan Pearson 2010
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This beautiful organically-grown geranium is from the species Pelargonium roseum.
Archive 2009-07-01 Ayala Sender 2009
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Also organically grown, but from another species Pelargonium x asparum, this oil is completely different from the typical “Rose Geranium”.
Archive 2009-07-01 Ayala Sender 2009
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The species most commonly and widely used in perfumery is Pelargonium graveolens.
Archive 2009-07-01 Ayala Sender 2009
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The species most commonly and widely used in perfumery is Pelargonium graveolens.
Rose Geranium Field Ayala Sender 2009
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This beautiful organically-grown geranium is from the species Pelargonium roseum.
Rose Geranium Field Ayala Sender 2009
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Also organically grown, but from another species Pelargonium x asparum, this oil is completely different from the typical “Rose Geranium”.
Rose Geranium Field Ayala Sender 2009
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There are many cases where a single pollinator is responsible for pollinating many species of plants, for example long-tongued flies (Tabanidae and Nemestrinidae) are the exclusive pollinators of many genera of petaloid monocots as well as Pelargonium and Erica; a butterfly is the exclusive pollinator of a phylogenetically disparate group of red-flowered and autumn-flowering species; hopliine (monkey) beetle pollination has evolved convergently in many genera, etc.
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Scattered among these hummocks are numerous rocky outcrops on which grow wind-shaped, low-growing woody succulents such as Othonna furcata, Pelargonium spp.,
Succulent Karoo 2008
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