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herb Robert

a weedy geranium (Geranium robertianum) with strong-scented compound leaves and purple to pink flowers

Etymology: ME herbe robert < ML herba Roberti: so named ? after Robert, Duke of Normandy or ? after St. Robert, founder of the Carthusians

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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