strawberry geranium

American  

noun

1. a plant, Saxifraga stolonifera (or S.sarmentosa ), of the saxifrage family, native to eastern Asia, that has rounded, variegated leaves and numerous threadlike stolons and is frequently cultivated as a houseplant.

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Etymology

Origin of strawberry geranium

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Other plants with runners much like the strawberry are: several kinds of crowfoot, barren strawberry, cinquefoil, strawberry geranium, and orange hawkweed.

From Project Gutenberg

Saxifraga: S. sarmentosa tricolor is the commonly known strawberry geranium, or beefsteak plant.

From Project Gutenberg