wild geranium
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wild geranium
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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The salt scrub infused with wild geranium and rosewood soothes for smooth skin and a calm mind.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
Next comes the wild geranium cranes bill, but as its petals fall rapidly, it is not as effective as sweet william, which will be a mass of delicate bloom for five weeks or more.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
If you desire a flower to pick and use for bouquets, then the wild geranium is not your flower.
From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Ellen Eddy Shaw
Higher yet rises the "Rattlesnake Ledge," spreading over one side of the summit a black avalanche of broken rock, now overgrown with reindeer-moss and filled with tufts of the smaller wild geranium.
From Oldport Days by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
A vase of coarse, but effective pottery, full of scented wild geranium, stood in the midst.
From The Way of Ambition by J. H. Gardner Soper
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