cranesbill

Meanings

Noun

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

Origin / Etymology

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”).
By surface analysis, crane + -s- + bill. The flowering plant is so called because of the lengthened appendage of the seed vessel.

Synonyms

crane's bill, geranium

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