pelargonium Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated
    genus Pelargonium.

WordNet

Pel`ar*go"ni*um noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. a stork.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A large genus of plants of the order Geraniaceæ, differing from Geranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla. ✍ About one hundred and seventy species are known, nearly all of them natives of South Africa, and many having very beautiful blossoms. See the Note under Geranium.

Webster 1913