Phrase guide

rose geranium

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several pelargoniums having leaves with a rose scent, including important sources of rosewater and of rose fragrances. Although said to be the species Pelargonium graveolens, Pelargonium capitatum and Pelargonium radens, the rose geraniums in cultivation are pretty much all hybrids, with those species among the parents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of several southern African geraniums having fragrant three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and pink flowers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sweet-scented geranium, Pelargonium graveolens

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: geranium

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Turkish: ıtır çiçeği — any of several pelargoniums
  • Ottoman Turkish: عطر (ʼıtr, ʼıtır) — any of several pelargoniums