fish geranium

noun

zonal geranium.

Origin of fish geranium

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Words nearby fish geranium

fish flake, fish flour, fish for, fish fork, fish fry, fish geranium, fish hatchery, fish hawk, fish in troubled waters, fish joint, fish knife

Example sentences from the Web for fish geranium

  • A fish-geranium—of all plants kept for the recreation of mankind, certainly the greatest illusion—straggled under the window.

    Urban Sketches |Bret Harte

  • I lit a cigar, and, drawing my chair to the window, sought surcease of sorrow in the contemplation of the fish-geranium.

    Urban Sketches |Bret Harte