geranium

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

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

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

Their work is inspired by the stork’s bill geranium, whose seeds pop out of their pods, fly through the air, and drill into the soil with their corkscrew-shaped tails.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 15, 2023

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

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

In my Connecticut backyard, I’ve been reclaiming the turf under my maples and birches by planting native ferns, geraniums and woodland asters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

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

There is nothing more discouraging than a pot planted with marigolds, pink petunias and red geraniums.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2023

There, huddled under a window brimming with bright red geraniums, was Drew.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake