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pelargonium definition

pel·ar·go·nium (pel′är gō′nē əm)

noun

any of a genus (Pelargonium) of mostly South African plants of the geranium family, having circular or lobed, often aromatic, leaves and variously colored flowers

Etymology: ModL Pelargonium < Gr pelargos, stork (after ModL Geranium: see geranium), because the carpels resemble a stork's bill

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