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Definition of "storksbill" [storksbill]

  • Any of various plants of the genus Erodium, having fruit with a narrow beaklike tip. (noun)
  • See geranium. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "storksbill" in a sentence
  • "I pulled away, under the pretext of plucking a bunch of pink-flowered storksbill that grew from a crack in the rock."
  • "In among the grasses was yellow coltsfoot; among the pebbles were sowthistle, mignonette, pink bindweed, and great patches of storksbill."
  • "Some cold-adapted winter annuals that are becoming more common are popcorn flower, or Pectocarya recurvata, and Erodium cicutarium, known more commonly as red filaree or storksbill."