Gerania
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 plural of geranium form-of, plural
"Some gerania, aloes, ficoids, &c. which are propagated from a leaf either artificially planted or even dropping from the parent plant, reſemble the tænia whoſe joints or whoſe veſicles are ſeparated and form a perfect animal: yet each is alſo propagated in the ordinary way from an egg or ſeed; and we need not, without neceſſity, have recourſe to ſuch indiſcriminate arbitrary methods of cutting the knot which we may be able to untie."
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More examples"Some gerania, aloes, ficoids, &c. which are propagated from a leaf either artificially planted or even dropping from the parent plant, reſemble the tænia whoſe joints or whoſe veſicles are ſeparated and form a perfect animal: yet each is alſo propagated in the ordinary way from an egg or ſeed; and we need not, without neceſſity, have recourſe to ſuch indiſcriminate arbitrary methods of cutting the knot which we may be able to untie."
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