Erodium

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós, “heron”), referring to the resemblance of the elongated fruit of many Erodium species to a heron's elongated bill. Compare vernacular words for plants of this genus such as English storksbill and Dutch reigersbek. === Proper noun === Erodium n A taxonomic genus within the family Geraniaceae – known as filarees or heron's bills in North America, and as storksbills in the British Isles. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Geraniales – order; Geraniaceae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Erodium subg. Barbata, Erodium subg. Erodium – subgenera Erodium crassifolium – type species; Erodium ciconium (common stork's bill), Erodium cicutarium (redstem stork's bill) – selected other species === Further reading === Erodium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Erodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Erodium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Erodium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Erodium at National Center for Biotechnology Information Erodium at USDA Plants database Erodium at Tropicos Erodium at Germplasm Resources Information Network Erodium at Plants of the World Online Erodium at World Register of Marine Species