Lady Washington geranium

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Origin of Lady Washington geranium

Named after M. Washington

Words nearby Lady Washington geranium

lady's-slipper, lady's-smock, lady's-thistle, lady's-thumb, lady's-tresses, Lady Washington geranium, Lady Windermere's Fan, Lae, laelia, Laemmle, Laënnec

How to use Lady Washington geranium in a sentence

I wonder what that lady is doing now, and if she knows what she set in motion with Archer?
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Two factors made Hiram Revels especially interesting to the Washington establishment.
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Lady Edith is so sad that her sadness nearly set the whole damned house on fire.
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It was a rare moment of bipartisan unity in partisan Washington.
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The Real-Life ‘Downton’ Millionairesses Who Changed BritainBy Tim Teeman Lady Grantham of ‘Downton Abbey’ is far from an anomaly.
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The lady in black was reading her morning devotions on the porch of a neighboring bathhouse.
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Grandmamma sits in her quaint arm-chair— Never was lady more sweet and fair!
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The young lady, hearing his step, turned round and stood on the stair, confronting him fiercely.
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See the ease and grace of the lady in the sacque, who sits on the bank there, under the myrtles, with the guitar on her lap!
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.
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