Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, closely related to Geranium, from which it differs in having only five fertile stamens, and the tails of the carpels bearded upon the inside.
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- noun botany Any of the
plant genus Erodium, including filarees andstorksbills .
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- noun geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions
Etymologies
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Examples
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Trough number one is planted with some ferns, ajuga, erodium and another erica, this one still seems to be alive.
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The magazine pictures that have been saved in my wish book all show alpine type plants, I think the erodium may be one, but it was Lewisia that was coveted, it died immediately.
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Under the shade of the oaks, along the river, I noticed _erodium cicutarium_ in bloom, eight or ten inches high.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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They had large conical baskets, which they were engaged in filling with a small leafy plant (_erodium cicutarium_) just now beginning to bloom, and covering the ground like a sward of grass.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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Descending from the hills, we reached a country of fine grass, where the _erodium cicutarium_ finally disappeared, giving place to an excellent quality of bunch-grass.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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_erodium cicutarium_, here only two or three inches high.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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