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geranium

[ji-ray-nee-uhm] / dʒɪˈreɪ ni əm /


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"If you were to plant something like a mint, a eucalyptus or a rose geranium - they have very strongly scented leaves and they're around for a long period of time."

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

These microbes are known to contaminate white wine, causing spoilage and unpleasant odors, including nail polish remover, geranium and "mousy" odors.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2024

These include citronella, a few other geranium varieties, plus marigolds, lemongrass, catnip, certain types of mint, lavender, and lantana.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

With the right container, simple is satisfying: Think of fat terra-cotta rounds overflowing with a single kind of scented-leafed geranium, or a yellow water lily floating in a cobalt blue urn.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2023

His paintings are great impastos of pigment: chrome yellow, Prussian blue, vermilion, carmine, very light cinnabar green, emerald green, Veronese green, orange, lemon chrome yellow, geranium lake, silver white, zinc white....

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Their neighbors followed suit, and soon there were scores of street enclosures bright with tulips, daisies and geraniums.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

Speaking surrounded by geraniums, he said he was happy to take any form of payment, although card was slightly easier albeit slower to process.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025

And the plant orders that include geraniums and eucalyptus—once considered to be closely related—are in fact quite distant from each other.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 23, 2024

Planters of red geraniums and blue forget-me-nots were everywhere.

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2023

They were standing beside a bed of geraniums planted near the Hall of Open Records.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry


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