Complete Definition of "Pelargonium"

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Image:Pelargonium tongaense1.jpg|thumb|Pelargonium tongaense

Etymology
From Gr. �ελα�γο� (pelargos) "stork", named by botanist Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle (1746-1800).<ref>R:Plants and their Names</ref><ref>R:Zander</ref>

Proper noun
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Pelargonium
#botany a botanical name at the rank of genus. Circumscription of the genus will vary with taxonomic viewpoint.
:Species of Pelargonium are commonly called geraniums.

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English
Noun
Pelargonium (sometimes pelargonium)

  1. an extract of the rose geranium, Pelargonium sidoides, used as an alternative medicine
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