Carolina cranesbill

noun

Any of the small annual flowering shrubs, native to much of the United States, of species Geranium carolinianum.

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Carolina geranium
Origintaxonomic name Geranium carolinianum →
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Meanings

nounCarolina cranesbill (plural Carolina cranesbills)

plural Carolina cranesbills

  1. Any of the small annual flowering shrubs, native to much of the United States, of species Geranium carolinianum.

    G. caroliniaʼnum L. (Cᴀʀᴏʟɪɴᴀ Cʀᴀɴᴇsʙɪʟʟ.) Not perennial. Stems usually decumbent, hairy. Sepals awn-pointed, as long as the notched, rose-coloured or whitish petals.

    1926, Henry Byron Spotton, A. Cosens, T. J. Ivey, Wild Plants of Canada: A Flora, with Descriptive Key of Families Represented, page 156

    Synonyms: Carolina geranium

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of the small annual flowering shrubs, native to much of the United States, of species Geranium carolinianum.

Similar
Carolina geranium
Also see
carolina geranium

Origin

  1. taxonomic nameGeranium carolinianum
  2. EnglishCarolina cranesbill

Calque of taxonomic name Geranium carolinianum.

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Translations

Finnish amerikankurjenpolvi
  • amerikankurjenpolviGeranium carolinianum
Swedish kvarnnäva
  • kvarnnävaGeranium carolinianum
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APA

Carolina cranesbill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carolina%20cranesbill

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“Carolina cranesbill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carolina%20cranesbill. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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