Ge*ra"ni*um (j&esl;*rā"n&ibreve;*ŭm), n. [L., fr. Gr. gera`nion, from ge`ranos crane: cf. F. géranium. See Crane, n.]

1. (Bot.) A genus of plants having a beaklike torus or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill.

2. (Floriculture) A cultivated pelargonium.

&fist; Many plants referred to the genus Geranium by the earlier botanists are now separated from it under the name of Pelargonium, which includes all the commonly cultivated "geraniums", mostly natives of South Africa.

• A genus of flowering plants, the cranesbills, of family Geraniaceae.
  
• The common name for flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium.
  
• (colour) a bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium.
       geranium colour:   
  
• (colour) of a bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium.
  

Translingual
• (botany) a botanical name at the rank of genus. Circumscription of the genus will vary with taxonomic viewpoint.