Martha Washington geranium

noun

: any of numerous erect hairy pelargoniums that are widely cultivated for their showy white to crimson flowers with dark blotches on the two upper petals, are commonly treated as a species (Pelargonium domesticum), and are probably complex hybrids between several southern African pelargoniums

called also Lady Washington geranium

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after Martha Washington

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