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Webster 1913 Edition
Pelargonium
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Pelˊar-go′ni-um
,p
rop.
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
πελαργόσ
a stork.] (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
.