geranium

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2024

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

Ms. Wong claimed that essential oils containing lemon and geranium prevented the binding of the COVID-19 virus to human cells, and that “a lot of studies” showed oregano also worked against coronavirus.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2023

“Day before yesterday,” she repeated, breaking off a spray of Mademoiselle’s geranium; “then if you had not met me here to-day you wouldn’t—when—that is, didn’t you mean to come and see me?”

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

He first alarms Dickens by attempting to kiss him and then infuriates him by harvesting geraniums from the garden.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 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

Each of the three lids sports neatly coifed lawns with dense rings of decorative planting — Japanese snowball, David viburnum, cranesbill geraniums, Chinese barberry.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023

She steps over to a flowerpot to pick off dead geraniums.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George