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Meaning of "geraniaceous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GERANIACEOUS

From New Latin Geraniāceae.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GERANIACEOUS

geraniaceous  [dʒɪˌreɪnɪˈeɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GERANIACEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Geraniaceous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GERANIACEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of geraniaceous in the English dictionary

The definition of geraniaceous in the dictionary is of, relating to, or belonging to the Geraniaceae, a family of plants with typically hairy stems and beaklike fruits: includes the geranium, pelargonium, storksbill, and cranesbill.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GERANIACEOUS


alliaceous
ˌælɪˈeɪʃəs
anacardiaceous
ˌænəˌkɑːdɪˈeɪʃəs
aquifoliaceous
ˌækwɪˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs
bignoniaceous
bɪɡˌnəʊnɪˈeɪʃəs
bromeliaceous
brəʊˌmiːlɪˈeɪʃəs
caesalpiniaceous
ˌsɛzælˌpɪnɪˈeɪʃəs
caprifoliaceous
ˌkæprɪˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs
coriaceous
ˌkɔːrɪˈeɪʃəs
foliaceous
ˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs
liliaceous
ˌlɪlɪˈeɪʃəs
loganiaceous
ləʊˌɡeɪnɪˈeɪʃəs
magnoliaceous
mæɡˌnəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs
nymphaeaceous
ˌnɪmfɪˈeɪʃəs
ostreaceous
ˌɒstrɪˈeɪʃəs
paleaceous
ˌpeɪlɪˈeɪʃəs
polemoniaceous
ˌpɒlɪˌməʊnɪˈeɪʃəs
scrophulariaceous
ˌskrɒfjʊˌlɛərɪˈeɪʃəs
sterculiaceous
stɜːˌkjuːlɪˈeɪʃəs
subcoriaceous
ˌsʌbkɔːrɪˈeɪʃəs
tiliaceous
ˌtɪlɪˈeɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GERANIACEOUS

ger.
Gera
gerah
Geraldton wax
Geraldton waxflower
geranial
geraniol
geranium
gerardia
geratological
geratologist
geratology
gerbera
gerbil
gerbille
gerent
gerenuk
gerfalcon
Gergiev
geriatric

WORDS THAT END LIKE GERANIACEOUS

arenaceous
argillaceous
carbonaceous
chartaceous
cretaceous
crustaceous
curvaceous
diatomaceous
ericaceous
farinaceous
gorgeous
herbaceous
micaceous
olivaceous
predaceous
proteinaceous
sebaceous
siliceous
the Cretaceous
tuffaceous
violaceous

Synonyms and antonyms of geraniaceous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

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TRANSLATION OF GERANIACEOUS

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The translations of geraniaceous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «geraniaceous» in English.

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geraniaceous
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geraniaceous
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geraniaceous
510 millions of speakers

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geraniaceous
380 millions of speakers
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geraniaceous
280 millions of speakers

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geraniaceous
278 millions of speakers

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geraniaceous
270 millions of speakers

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geraniaceous
260 millions of speakers

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geraniaceous
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Geraniaceous
190 millions of speakers

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geraniaceous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

geraniaceous
130 millions of speakers

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geraniaceous
85 millions of speakers

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Geraniaceous
85 millions of speakers
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geraniaceous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

geraniaceous
75 millions of speakers

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Geraniaceous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geraniaceous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

geraniaceous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

geraniaceous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

geraniaceous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

geraniaceous
30 millions of speakers
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geraniaceous
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

geraniaceous
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

geraniaceous
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

geraniaceous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of geraniaceous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GERANIACEOUS»

The term «geraniaceous» is used very little and occupies the 162.285 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about geraniaceous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GERANIACEOUS»

Discover the use of geraniaceous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to geraniaceous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Transactions of the Academy of Science of Saint Louis
Confining myself to what I have leisurely examined, if we contcm late Scandix Pecten Veneris, may we not be forcibly reminded of geraniaceous forms, such as Erodium moschatum? In fact, if we imagine, according to our theory, a Scandix to  ...
‎1857
2
British Wild Flower: Familiarly Described in the Four ...
Geraniaceous Plants. Geraniace*. (7) Geranium — stamens ten ; fruit beaked, separating into five one-seeded capsules, each with a long awn, glabrous internally, and ultimately recurved. (8) Erodium — stamens five fertile ; fruit beaked, ...
Thomas Moore, 1867
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View ...
Materials are not wanting, many groups having been already treated as distinct families by able writers, such as the Cupressineous, Rosaceous, Boragineous, Gentianeous, Geraniaceous, Malvaceous, Osmundaceous, Rutaceous, 'Ericeous , ...
‎1836
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The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal
Materials are not wanting, many groups having been already treated as distinct families by able writers, such as the Cupressineous, Rosaceous, Boragineous, Gentianeous, Geraniaceous, Malvaceous, Osmundaceous, Rutaceous, Ericeous,  ...
‎1835
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The London Journal of Botany: Containing Figures and ...
... and then not inaptly resembling the foliage of some Erodium, (especially Erodium maritimum) ; and the first aspect of the large purple flowers, and the long beaked fruit, intermingled in the foliage, remind one also of some geraniaceous plant ...
Sir William Jackson Hooker, 1847
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The Florist and Pomologist
Erodium guttatum. — April 23, Mr. Wicks, Gardener to W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., Reigate. — A pretty half-hardy herbaceous plant, with purple geraniaceous flowers, spotted with black in the centre; it is suitable for rock-work as a summer plant.
‎1861
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Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal
... terminating parts of a series of Groups or of the two Botanical Races, correspond and seem to pass into each other, they are called Re-entering Groups, &c., and are said to Circulate : — Ex. The Chenopodeous, Bora- gineous , Geraniaceous ...
‎1836
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The field botanist's companion: comprising a familiar ...
Geraniaceous Plants. Geraniace^e. (7) Geranium — stamens ten ; fruit beaked, separating into five one-seeded capsules, each with a long awn, glabrous inter- . nally, and ultimately recurved. (8) Erodium — stamens five fertile ; fruit beaked, ...
Thomas Moore, 1862
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The Seeds of Dicotyledons
It appears as the least reduced seed in the family and suggests that the Geraniaceous exotegmen has been derived from a more elaborate palisade, that of Monsonia representing the greatest simplification. However, the seed of the capsular ...
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A Portuguese-English Dictionary
geraniaceous; (f.pl.) the geranium family (Geraniaceae) . geranio (m., Bot.) geranium; the sticky pelargonium (P. inquinans). — brasileiro, a heronbill ( Erodium geoides). roaa, the rosecrescent pelargonium (P. capi- tatum). sangulneo, the ...
James Lumpkin Taylor, Priscilla Clark Martin, 1970

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