Definitions
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- noun Any of the
genus Geum ofperennial herbaceous plants .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The geum is a great addition to the scene; I don’t remember noticing it in pictures this spring.
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"Koreans have taken to jokingly calling the side dish" geum-chi, "substituting in the Korean word for gold," CNN reports.
Kimchi shortage: Cabbage crisis of national concern to South Korea Melissa Bell 2010
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The geum is showing up in a lot of posting and I have also been a fan of it for a couple of years ..
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You should be able to grow the geum, it said hardy to zone 1 !
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The color of the muhly is very similar to the geum.
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The geum is in the expanded muhly bed, still small but it would look fabulous.
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You gotta have the “shi geum chi” in your bi bim bop!
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There was also the typical bahn chan of shi-geum-chee namul (marinated spinach), 콩나물 (kong namul: marinated bean sprouts), and several types of김치 (kimchee).
Archive 2006-02-01 2006
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There was also the typical bahn chan of shi-geum-chee namul (marinated spinach), 콩나물 (kong namul: marinated bean sprouts), and several types of김치 (kimchee).
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On the first of these occasions, although I was eight days later than I had been the year before (June 19th instead of June 11th), the diapensia was just coming into somewhat free bloom, while the sandwort showed only here and there a stray flower, and the geum was only in bud.
The Foot-path Way Bradford Torrey 1877
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