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  • proper noun A taxonomic family within the order Geraniales — the cultivated geraniums, the cranesbills, and related plants.

Etymologies

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Geranium +‎ -aceae

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Examples

  • With mouthparts up to 50 mm long, these hovering flies are the exclusive pollinators of 28 species of Geraniaceae and Iridaceae in the Namaqualand-Namib Domain.

    Succulent Karoo 2008

  • 'It's a _Pelargonium; _ belongs to the Geraniaceae; this one they call

    A Red Wallflower Susan Warner 1852

  • Members of the Amaranthaceae (particularly the chenopodioids sugar beet, mangel, Swiss chard, spinach etc), Geraniaceae (geraniums etc) and Polygonaceae (rhubarb, sorrel, buckwheat etc) plant families can contain large amounts of oxalic acid, which can be toxic if the plants contain more than 10\% of their dry weight as oxalic acid and if an animal eats too much of it too rapidly.

    Musings from a Stonehead 2008

  • Members of the Amaranthaceae (particularly the chenopodioids sugar beet, mangel, Swiss chard, spinach etc), Geraniaceae (geraniums etc) and Polygonaceae (rhubarb, sorrel, buckwheat etc) plant families can contain large amounts of oxalic acid, which can be toxic if the plants contain more than 10\% of their dry weight as oxalic acid and if an animal eats too much of it too rapidly.

    Musings from a Stonehead 2008

  • Members of the Amaranthaceae (particularly the chenopodioids sugar beet, mangel, Swiss chard, spinach etc), Geraniaceae (geraniums etc) and Polygonaceae (rhubarb, sorrel, buckwheat etc) plant families can contain large amounts of oxalic acid, which can be toxic if the plants contain more than 10\% of their dry weight as oxalic acid and if an animal eats too much of it too rapidly.

    Musings from a Stonehead 2008

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