noun
- a plant of the geranium family with pink or purple flowers and long pointed seed pods that resemble a crane’s bill
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The cranesbill bloomed in the woodland garden each spring.
- She identified the wild cranesbill by its distinctive five-petaled flowers.
- The cranesbill’s seed pods split open when ripe, scattering seeds.
- Purple cranesbill grew abundantly along the forest path.
- The botanist pointed out the cranesbill’s deeply divided leaves.
- Wild cranesbill is native to eastern North America.