lemon geranium

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noun

a garden geranium, Pelargonium crispum, having lemon-scented leaves.

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How to use lemon geranium in a sentence

We brought in Don Lemon, the year that he wrote his book, and I told that story to the audience that was there.
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Twist a large piece of orange zest and a large piece of lemon zest over the drink and drop into the glass.
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We were at the Bitter Lemon now, Furry, Versie, Charley and I, waiting for the crowd to arrive.
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“They all throwed me down,” Furry said, then laughed and told Versie he was going out to play at the Bitter Lemon.
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Think all-tequila margaritas, carne asada tacos spritzed with lemon, key lime pies that are mounds of crust and nothing more.
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Some one had gathered orange and lemon branches, and with these fashioned graceful festoons between.
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The acid is extracted from the juice of the citron, the lime, and the lemon, fruits grown in Sicily and the West Indies.
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But step before her with my arms clasping a tin can with a geranium plant r Heaven forbid!
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The girl held a geranium leaf up to her nose and said nothing, but looked knowing and noncommittal.
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The window frame was filled with pots of flowers, and she sat and picked the dry leaves from a rose geranium.
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British Dictionary definitions for lemon geranium

lemon geranium

noun

a cultivated geraniaceous plant, Pelargonium limoneum, with lemon-scented leaves

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