stork's-bill

[ stawrks-bil ]

/ ˈstɔrksˌbɪl /

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noun

Also called heron's-bill. any of various plants belonging to the genus Erodium, of the geranium family, having deeply lobed leaves, loose clusters of pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers, and long, slender fruit.

geranium (def. 2).

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Origin of stork's-bill

First recorded in 1555–65

Words nearby stork's-bill

storiated, storied, storiform, stork, stork parking, stork's-bill, storm, Storm and Stress, storm belt, storm boat, stormbound

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How to use stork's-bill in a sentence

“Someone is determined to keep Bill Cosby off TV,” she continued.
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True, this may not be what James Madison had in mind when he was writing the Bill of Rights.
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But at the heart of this “Truther” conspiracy theory is the idea that “someone” wants to destroy Bill Cosby.
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“A guy drives up in a 2008 Mercedes, brand new,” Harry S. Connelly Jr. says in the video, according to the Times.
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She fails to appreciate the congressional and constitutional obstacles Johnson had to overcome to win passage of the bill.
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The lack of bill buyers in foreign countries who will quote as low rates on dollar as on sterling bills.
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Several able speakers had made long addresses in support of the bill when one Mr. Morrisett, from Monroe, took the floor.
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He is what the bill wishes to make for us, a regular root doctor, and will suit the place exactly.
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Ajoutez cecy, s'il vous plaist, la grande difficult qu'il y a de tirer d'eux les mots mesmes qu'ils ont.
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Then, you know, she had no right to play in the Rooms again; she was supposed to pay her hotel bill, and leave Monte Carlo.
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British Dictionary definitions for stork's-bill

storksbill

/ (ˈstɔːksˌbɪl) /

noun

any of various geraniaceous plants of the genus Erodium, esp E. cicutarium (common storksbill), having pink or reddish-purple flowers and fruits with a beaklike process

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