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Crane's Bill

Definition: Crane's Bill

Crane's Bill

Noun

1. Any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Crane's Bill

Synonym: cranesbill (n). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: cranesbill (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology).

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Synonyms within Context: Crane's Bill

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Beauty

Flower, flow'ret gay, wildflower; rose, lily, anemone, asphodel, buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily of the valley,

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Translation: Crane's Bill

Language Translations for "crane's bill"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

здравец (geranium). (various references)

   

Danish

  

storkenæb (cranesbill, geranium). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ooievaarsbek (crane's-bill, geranium), geranium (geranium). (various references)

   

French

  

géranium (crane, crane's-bill), bec-de-grue (cranesbill). (various references)

   

German

  

Storchschnabel (cranesbill, crane's-bill), Geranium (crane's-bill), Geranie (geranium). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γεράνιο (geranium). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gólyaorr (geranium, pantograph). (various references)

   

Italian

  

geranio (geranium). (various references)

   

Manx

  

lus ny h-ashlish (dove's foot, geranium), lus ny freenaghyn mooarey (dove's foot). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ane'scray illbay

   

Portuguese

  

gerânio (crane's-bill, geranium). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

priboi (awl, punch). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

герань (crane's-bill, geranium, pelargonium). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vilino oko (cranesbill). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cheque de grulla, geranio (geranium). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

герань (geranium), журавець. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Crane's Bill

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Geranium spp.. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Crane's Bill

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-a-b-c-e-i-l-l-n-r-s"

-1 letter: cranesbill.

-3 letters: ballsier, brailles, brisance, calibers, calibres, carbines, carlines, lanciers, liberals, rinsable.

-4 letters: ainsell, aliners, arcsine, arsenic, ascribe, bailers, ballers, ballies, berlins, billers, braille, caliber, calibre, callers, carbine, caribes, carline, carlins, carnies, cellars, claries, eclairs, inlaces, lancers, lesbian, liberal, linable, nailers, rallies, ralline, rebills, recalls, renails, sallier, sanicle, scaleni, scalier, scleral, scribal.

-5 letters: ablins.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Translations: Ancient
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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