Erodium (Noun)
Meaning
Geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Erodium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Geraniaceae, native to Europe, South America, and Australia, especially in mountainous regions.
- Erodium plants have been widely distributed in mountainous regions of Australia due to human activity and natural seed dispersal.
- Some species of Erodium, commonly known as stork's bill or filaree, can be found in mountainous regions of South America.
- The genus Erodium includes around 60 species of plants that are commonly found in mountainous regions of Europe.
- Erodium plants thrive in the dry mountainous regions of Australia and are often seen as a nuisance by farmers due to their ability to outcompete native species.