stork's-bill

[ stawrks-bil ]

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).

Origin of stork's-bill

First recorded in 1555–65

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How to use stork's-bill in a sentence

As a typical example we may take a paragraph about the Storksbill (Erodium).
Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution | Agnes Arber

British Dictionary definitions for storksbill

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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