Erodium

See also: erodium

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós, “heron”), referring to the resemblance of the elongated fruit of many Erodium species to a heron's elongated bill. Compare vernacular words for plants of this genus such as English storksbill and Dutch reigersbek.

Proper noun

Erodium n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Geraniaceae – known as filarees or heron's bills in North America, and as storksbills in the British Isles.

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