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geranium

[ji-rey-nee-uhm] / dʒɪˈreɪ ni əm /


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While his fellow students spark to the winds of political change and sexual freedom, he becomes fixated on what a lone geranium, imaginatively monitored on its windowsill, might have to convey if given the chance.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 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

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

And here, the reality was that they sat ten feet apart, she at the window, crushing geranium leaves in her hand and smelling them, he twirling around on the piano stool, saying:

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

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

From Seattle Times May 25, 2023

It looked freshly painted, the trim a bright white against the bluish-gray of the house, and there was a pot of geraniums near the front door.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway




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