cranesbill

/ (ˈkreɪnzˌbɪl) /

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noun

any of various plants of the genus Geranium, having pink or purple flowers and long slender beaked fruits: family GeraniaceaeSee also herb Robert, storksbill

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Words nearby cranesbill

crance iron, cranch, crandall, crane, crane fly, cranesbill, Cranford, cranial, cranial index, cranial nerve, craniate

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How to use cranesbill in a sentence

More wonderfully still we see this "working together" in the seeding of the cranesbill.
Parables of the Christ-life|I. Lilias Trotter
See the tiny corkscrews of the pink geranium in our meadow (a miniature of its blue brother the cranesbill).
Parables of the Christ-life|I. Lilias Trotter
Blue wild geraniums also flourish in patches in the meadows, and sometimes cranesbill and campion.
The Naturalist on the Thames|C. J. Cornish
On and on they slowly drove through the woods, past the big beds of cranesbill, violets, and lilies.
The Harvester|Gene Stratton Porter

Yet here on Lookout Mountain it seemed almost as much an old friend as the saxifrage or the cranesbill.
Spring notes from Tennessee|Bradford Torrey