geranium
/dʒɪˈreɪnɪəm/noun
1- a herbaceous plant or small shrub of a genus that comprises the cranesbills and their relatives. Geraniums bear a long narrow fruit that is said to be shaped like the bill of a crane.老鹳草属植物; 老鹳草。
1.1
- Genus Geranium, family Geraniaceae.老鹳草属, 牻牛儿苗科。
1.2
- (in general or informal use) a cultivated pelargonium〈非正式〉天竺葵属植物（统称）。
1.3
- mass noun the scarlet colour of many cultivated pelargoniums（多种天竺葵的）猩红色。
词源
modern Latin, from Greek geranion, from geranos 'crane'.