Pelargonium
WordNet
noun
(1) Geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , named by botanist Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle (1746-1800).
Proper noun
Pelargonium
- a genus in the family Geraniaceae, the geraniums.
Noun
- an extract of the rose geranium, Pelargonium sidoides, used as an alternative medicine