noun · rare

cranesbill

cranesbill · cranesbills

герань, журавельник

Storchschnabel, Kranichhals

Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium found throughout the temperate zoneAny flowering plant of the genus Geranium found throughout the temperate zone.

US/ˈkɹeɪnz.bɪl/

Meaning

2 senses

Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium found throughout the temperate zone.
Storchschnabel, Kranichhals
гера́ньgeránʹ, жураве́льникžuravélʹnik
any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium
A pair of long-beaked forceps.

Translations

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Русский

By meaning 1

plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium:

Origin

First attested in the 1500s. Calque of Dutch craenhals; cognate with German Kranichhals an

First attested in the 1500s. Calque of Dutch craenhals; cognate with German Kranichhals and Middle Low German kraneshals, all likely derived from Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρᾰνος (gérănos, “crane”).

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