wild geranium

American  

noun

1. geranium.

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Etymology

Origin of wild geranium

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

The salt scrub infused with wild geranium and rosewood soothes for smooth skin and a calm mind.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023

After five o'clock tea we rode up the Mount and through the woods on horseback, along a road gay with masses of wild geranium, hydrangea, amaryllis, and fuchsia.

From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie

Since an ill-fated occasion when Mr. Poynter had found a neatly indited ode to a wild geranium written in a flowing foreign hand, his literary output had been prodigious.

From Diane of the Green Van by Dalrymple, Leona

I have omitted the wild geranium with its tiny red petals scarce seen in the mass of green, the mosses, the ferns, and have scarcely said a word about the living creatures that haunt it.

From Round About a Great Estate by Jefferies, Richard

B, longitudinal section of the leaf stalk of wild geranium, showing its cellular structure.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton