University of Georgia, public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Athens, Georgia, U.S. It is part of the University System of Georgia and is a land-grant and sea-grant institution. The university includes the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; colleges of agricultural and

Abkhazia: Geography: …led by ethnic Abkhaz, ethnic Georgians had made up almost half of Abkhazia’s population, while ethnic Abkhaz had accounted for less than one-fifth; Armenians and Russians made up the remainder. In 1993, however, most Georgians and some Russians and Armenians fled Abkhazia for other parts of Georgia.

Georgian language: Old Georgian was used for religious purposes until the beginning of the 19th century.

Georgian style, the various styles in the architecture, interior design, and decorative arts of Britain during the reigns of the first four members of the house of Hanover, between the accession of George I in 1714 and the death of George IV in 1830. There was such diversification and oscillation

Georgian Bay, bay, northeastern arm of Lake Huron, south-central Ontario, Canada. It is sheltered from the lake by Manitoulin Island and the Bruce (or Saugeen) Peninsula. The bay is 120 miles (190 km) long and 50 miles (80 km) wide, and the depth (generally 100–300 feet [30–90 meters]) reaches a

Georgian Bay Islands National Park, national park consisting of picturesque islands and a small mainland area, south-central Ontario, Canada, northwest of Toronto. Established in 1929, the park, divided into two sections, with a total land area of 512 square miles (14 square km), consists of some

Barrie: Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology was founded in Barrie in 1967. Canadian Forces Base Borden is a few miles west. Inc. town, 1851; city, 1959. Pop. (2011) 136,063; metro. area, 187,013; (2021) 147,829; metro. area, 212,856.

Barrie: Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology was founded in Barrie in 1967. Canadian Forces Base Borden is a few miles west. Inc. town, 1851; city, 1959. Pop. (2011) 136,063; metro. area, 187,013; (2021) 147,829; metro. area, 212,856.

Lakewood: It is the site of Georgian Court University (1908) for women, located on the former estate of business magnate Jay Gould, and of the Ocean County Park (the former Rockefeller family estate and a noted arboretum). The area’s diversified industries include the manufacture of boxes, plastics, pumps, automobile parts, and…

Georgia: Rise of Georgian Dream (GD): …the newly formed opposition coalition, Georgian Dream (GD), led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. Although polls showed the UNM with a strong lead several weeks before the October parliamentary elections, the party’s position was damaged in late September when the release of videos showing Georgian prison guards beating and sexually abusing…

Edinburgh: The New Town: …side of Charlotte Square, the Georgian House, managed as a museum by the National Trust for Scotland, is completely furnished from kitchen to bedrooms with all the appurtenances of late 18th-century Edinburgh elegance.

Georgian language, official language of the republic of Georgia, whose spoken form has many dialects, usually divided into East Georgian and West Georgian groups. These, together with the related Mingrelian (Megrelian), Laz (Chan), and Svan languages, make up the Kartvelian, or South Caucasian,

Georgian literature, the body of written works in the Georgian language, kartuli ena. The origins of Georgian literature date to the 4th century, when the Georgian people were converted to Christianity and a Georgian alphabet was developed. The emergence of a rich literary language and an original

Georgian Orthodox church, autocephalous (independent) church of the Orthodox communion in Georgia. The church is one of the most ancient Christian communities in the world. The Georgians adopted Christianity through the ministry of a woman, St. Nino, early in the 4th century. Thereafter, Georgia

Uranus, seventh planet in distance from the Sun and the least massive of the solar system’s four giant, or Jovian, planets, which also include Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune. At its brightest, Uranus is just visible to the unaided eye as a blue-green point of light. It is designated by the symbol ♅.

Georgian poetry, a variety of lyrical poetry produced in the early 20th century by an assortment of British poets, including Lascelles Abercrombie, Hilaire Belloc, Edmund Charles Blunden, Rupert Brooke, William Henry Davies, Ralph Hodgson, John Drinkwater, James Elroy Flecker, Wilfred Wilson

Georgian style, the various styles in the architecture, interior design, and decorative arts of Britain during the reigns of the first four members of the house of Hanover, between the accession of George I in 1714 and the death of George IV in 1830. There was such diversification and oscillation

georgic, a poem dealing with practical aspects of agriculture and rural affairs. The model for such verse in postclassical literature was Virgil’s Georgica, itself modeled on a now lost Geōrgika (Greek: “agricultural things”) by the 2nd-century bc Greek poet Nicander of

agrarianism: Greek and Roman roots: …Roman poet Virgil’s highly praised Georgics, written in the last century bce and influenced by Hesiod, expresses a love for the countryside and includes instruction in agriculture. The Roman poet Horace, a friend of Virgil and himself the recipient of a farm granted by a benefactor, also praised country life.…

Bulgaria: Attempts to stabilize government: …that installed as prime minister Kimon Georgiev, a participant in the 1923 coup. Similar to Italian fascism, the ideology of the new regime was supplied by an elitist group called Zveno (“A Link in a Chain”), which drew its membership from intellectual, commercial, and military circles. Zveno advocated “national restoration”…

Treaty of Georgievsk, (July 24, 1783), agreement concluded by Catherine II the Great of Russia and Erekle II of Kartalinia-Kakhetia (eastern Georgia) by which Russia guaranteed Georgia’s territorial integrity and the continuation of its reigning Bagratid dynasty in return for prerogatives in the

Diamantina River: …the Diamantina River and the Georgina River (from the north) merge to drain along the channel of Warburton Creek southwestward to Lake Eyre. The Diamantina’s principal tributaries are the Western and Mayne rivers. The Diamantina’s average annual discharge at Birdsville is 890 cubic feet (25 cubic m) per second, ranging…

George I was the king of the Greeks whose long reign (1863–1913) spanned the formative period for the development of Greece as a modern European state. His descendants occupied the throne until the military coup d’état of 1967 and eventual restoration of the republic in 1973. Born Prince

George the Pisidian was a Byzantine epic poet, historian, and cleric whose classically structured verse was acclaimed as a model for medieval Greek poetry, but whose arid, bombastic tone manifested Hellenism’s cultural decline. A deacon and archivist of Constantinople’s cathedral Hagia Sophia,

Cat Stevens is a British singer-songwriter and philanthropist, particularly of Islamic charities. Steven Demetre Georgiou was born in London to parents Stavros Georgiou and Ingrid Wickman, who owned and operated a restaurant, the Moulin Rouge, above which the family lived. Georgiou; his elder

Liski, city and administrative centre of Liski rayon (sector), Voronezh oblast (region), western Russia, situated on the banks of the Don River. It is a main railway junction, with shops for servicing locomotives; its food industries include meat-packing and flour milling. It became a city in 1937

Uranus, seventh planet in distance from the Sun and the least massive of the solar system’s four giant, or Jovian, planets, which also include Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune. At its brightest, Uranus is just visible to the unaided eye as a blue-green point of light. It is designated by the symbol ♅.

St. Gregory of Tours ; feast day November 17) was a bishop and writer whose Ten Books of Histories (often wrongly called The History of the Franks) is the major 6th-century source for studying the Merovingian kingdom of the Franks. Gregory’s Gallo-Roman family was prominent in both religious and

George Of Trebizond was a Byzantine humanist, Greek scholar, and Aristotelian polemist. His academic influence in Italy and within the papacy, his theories on grammar and literary criticism, and his Latin translations of ancient Greek works, although at times strongly criticized, contributed

György Martinuzzi was a Hungarian statesman and later cardinal who worked to restore and maintain the national unity of Hungary. Born of a Croatian father and a mother of the patrician Venetian family of Martinuzzi, György became a Paulist friar at the age of 28 after a brief military career. A

Italy: Tuscany: The Accademia dei Georgofili, founded in 1753, exercised a wide influence on a range of issues touching on agrarian reform. Legislation confirmed the free trade in grain in 1767, suppressed artisanal guilds in 1771, and eliminated all internal customs duties in 1781. Peter Leopold planned to…

geōmoroi, class of citizens in ancient Greek society. In 7th-century-bce Attic society, geōmoroi were freemen, generally peasant farm holders, lower on the social and political scale than the eupatridae, the aristocracy, but above the dēmiourgoi, the artisans. The geōmoroi were ineligible for any

James Mason: (1959), Lolita (1962), Georgy Girl (1966), The Boys from Brazil (1978), and The Verdict (1982).

Margaret Forster: …she released her best-known work, Georgy Girl, the title character of which is a warmhearted ugly duckling looking for love in “Swinging Sixties” London. Forster also cowrote the screenplay of the 1966 film adaptation, which starred Lynn Redgrave as the ungainly Georgy, who ultimately finds security as the wife of…

telecommunications media: Satellite links: A typical modern GEO satellite, such as the Intelsat series, has more than a hundred separate microwave transponders that service a number of simultaneous users based on a time-division multiple access (TDMA) protocol. (The principles of TDMA are described in telecommunication: Multiple access.) Each transponder consists of a…

air pollution control: Carbon sequestration: …development that is also called geosequestration or carbon capture and storage—would involve pumping the gas directly into underground geologic “reservoir” layers. This would require the separation of carbon dioxide from power plant flue gases (or some other source)—a costly process.

biosphere: …of Earth is called the geosphere; it consists of the lithosphere (the rock and soil), the hydrosphere (the water), and the atmosphere (the air). Energy from the Sun relentlessly bombarded the surface of the primitive Earth, and in time—millions of years—chemical and physical actions produced the first evidence of life:…

population ecology: Calculating population growth: …net reproductive rate for the Galapagos cactus finch (Geospiza scandens) is 2.101, which means that the population can more than double its size each generation.

Galapagos finch, distinctive group of birds whose radiation into several ecological niches in the competition-free isolation of the Galapagos Islands and on Cocos Island gave the English naturalist Charles Darwin evidence for his thesis that “species are not immutable.” The three genera (Geospiza,

geostationary orbit, a circular orbit 35,785 km (22,236 miles) above Earth’s Equator in which a satellite’s orbital period is equal to Earth’s rotation period of 23 hours and 56 minutes. A spacecraft in this orbit appears to an observer on Earth to be stationary in the sky. This particular orbit is

launch vehicle: India: …1990s India developed the liquid-fueled Geostationary Space Launch Vehicle (GSLV), which used cryogenic fuel in its upper stage. The GSLV was first launched in 2001. A more powerful launch vehicle, the LVM3, was developed in the 2010s, and the Human Rated Launch Vehicle (HRLV) version of the LVM3 is scheduled…

Gerard Butler: …scientist in the disaster movie Geostorm (2017). Butler’s roles from 2018 included a cavalier cop in Den of Thieves, a submarine commander in Hunter Killer, and one of three lighthouse keepers who mysteriously vanish off a remote Scottish island in The Vanishing (original title Keepers). He then appeared in Greenland…

tunnels and underground excavations: Nature of the rock mass: Also important is the geostress—i.e., the state of stress existing in situ prior to tunneling. Though conditions are fairly simple in soil, geostress in rock has a wide range because it is influenced by the stresses remaining from past geologic events: mountain building, crustal movements, or load subsequently removed…

ocean current: Geostrophic currents: This is called geostrophic balance.

ocean current: Geostrophic currents: …of current is called a geostrophic current. The simple equation given above provides the basis for an indirect method of computing ocean currents. The relief of the sea surface also defines the streamlines (paths) of the geostrophic current at the surface relative to the deep reference level. The hills represent…

geostrophic motion, fluid flow in a direction parallel to lines of equal pressure (isobars) in a rotating system, such as the Earth. Such flow is produced by the balance of the Coriolis force (q.v.; caused by the Earth’s rotation) and the pressure-gradient force. The velocity of the flow is

climate: Relationship of wind to pressure and governing forces: …motion field known as the geostrophic wind. Equation (1) expresses, for both the x and y directions, a balance between the force created by horizontal differences in pressure (the horizontal pressure-gradient force) and an apparent force that results from Earth’s rotation (the Coriolis force). The pressure-gradient force expresses the tendency…

geostationary orbit, a circular orbit 35,785 km (22,236 miles) above Earth’s Equator in which a satellite’s orbital period is equal to Earth’s rotation period of 23 hours and 56 minutes. A spacecraft in this orbit appears to an observer on Earth to be stationary in the sky. This particular orbit is

GPS: Augmentation: …augmentation technique is known as geosynchronous overlays. Geosynchronous overlays employ GPS payloads “piggybacked” aboard commercial communication satellites that are placed in geostationary orbit some 35,000 km (22,000 miles) above Earth. These relatively small payloads broadcast civilian C/A-code pulse trains to ground-based users. The U.S. government is enlarging the Navstar constellation…

geosyncline, linear trough of subsidence of the Earth’s crust within which vast amounts of sediment accumulate. The filling of a geosyncline with thousands or tens of thousands of feet of sediment is accompanied in the late stages of deposition by folding, crumpling, and faulting of the deposits.

MapQuest, American Web-based, wireless mapping service owned by AOL (formerly known as America Online). MapQuest is headquartered in Lancaster, Pa., and Denver, Colo. In 1967 R.R. Donnelley and Sons created a new division, Cartographic Services, to produce printed road maps and distribute them for

Internet: Issues in new media: “Geotags” are created when photos or videos are embedded with geographic location data from GPS chips inside cameras, including those in cell phones. When images are uploaded to the Internet, the geotags allow homes or other personal locations within the images to be precisely located…

mechanoreception: Gravity receptors: …or up (positive or negative geotaxis, respectively). Geotactic behaviour may be experimentally altered by whirling the animal in a centrifuge to change the direction and to increase the intensity of the force exerted on the sensory hairs by the statoliths. Molting crustaceans shed the contents of their statocysts along with…

engineering geology, the scientific discipline concerned with the application of geological knowledge to engineering problems—e.g., to reservoir design and location, determination of slope stability for construction purposes, and determination of earthquake, flood, or subsidence danger in areas

rock: Rock mechanics: …of study is known as geotectonics.

metamorphic rock: …along curves referred to as geotherms. The specific shape of the geotherm beneath any location on Earth is a function of its corresponding local tectonic regime. Metamorphism can occur either when a rock moves from one position to another along a single geotherm or when the geotherm itself changes form.…

geothermal energy, a natural resource of heat energy from within Earth that can be captured and harnessed for cooking, bathing, space heating, electrical power generation, and other uses. The total amount of geothermal energy incident on Earth is vastly in excess of the world’s current energy

metamorphic rock: Temperature: …in Earth, known as the geothermal gradient, is the increase in temperature per unit distance of depth; it is given by the tangent to the local geotherm. The magnitude of the geothermal gradient thus varies with the shape of the geotherm. In regions with high surface heat flow, such as…

A geothermal heat pump (GHP) is a heating and cooling system that takes advantage of the relatively stable moderate temperature conditions within the first 300 meters (1,000 feet) below Earth’s surface to heat a building in the winter and cool it in the summer. Unlike boilers or furnaces, GHPs do

geothermal power, form of energy conversion in which geothermal energy—namely, steam tapped from underground geothermal reservoirs and geysers—drives turbines to produce electricity. It is considered a form of renewable energy. While humans have long made direct use of geothermal energy as a source

geology: Isotopic geochemistry: …used as a form of geologic thermometer. The ratio of oxygen-16 to oxygen-18 in calcium carbonate secreted by various marine organisms from calcium carbonate in solution in seawater is influenced by the temperature of the seawater. Precise measurement of the proportions of oxygen-16 with respect to oxygen-18 in calcareous shells…

wood warbler: The yellowthroats, any of the eight species of the genus Geothlypis, live in marshes and wet thickets. The male of the common yellowthroat (G. trichas)—often called the Maryland yellowthroat in the United States—is yellow with a black mask; his song, a strong repeated “wicheree,” is heard…

common yellowthroat, (Geothlypis trichas), species of North American warblers easily recognized by the distinctive black “mask” worn by males that contrasts with a bright yellow throat. The geographic range of the common yellowthroat is one of the largest of any North American warbler. The species

angiosperm: Root systems: …that grows vertically downward (positive geotropism). From the taproot are produced smaller lateral roots (secondary roots) that grow horizontally or diagonally. These secondary roots further produce their own smaller lateral roots (tertiary roots). Thus, many orders of roots of descending size are produced from a single prominent root, the taproot.…

dung beetle: The earth-boring dung beetle (e.g., Geotrupes) is about 14 to 20 mm (about 12 to 34 inch) long and brown or black in colour. Geotrupes stercorarius, known as the dor beetle, is a common European dung beetle.

Juan-juan, Central Asian people of historical importance. Because of the titles of their rulers, khan and khagan, scholars believe that the Juan-juan were Mongols or Mongol-speaking peoples. The empire of the Juan-juan lasted from the beginning of the 5th century ad to the middle of the 6th

Pinocchio: …wooden puppet whose lonely maker, Geppetto, wishes were a real boy. A fairy grants his wish by bringing the puppet, Pinocchio, to life, but she tells Pinocchio that he must prove his worth before she will make him into a human boy. Under the guidance of his insect friend, Jiminy…

preeclampsia and eclampsia, hypertensive conditions that are induced by pregnancy. Preeclampsia, also called gestational edema-proteinuria-hypertension (GEPH), is an acute toxic condition arising during the second half of the gestation period or in the first week after delivery and generally occurs

Joe Trippi: Richard Gephardt during his campaign to win the 1988 presidential election. He worked on the Greek prime ministerial bids of Andreas Papandreou in 1993 and his son George A. Papandreou in 2007. Trippi served as a senior adviser to Sen. John Edwards in Edwards’s quest…

Gepidae, a Germanic tribe that lived on the southern Baltic coast in the 1st century ad, having migrated there from southern Sweden some years earlier. The Gepidae again migrated during the 2nd century and were reported in the mountains north of Transylvania by the end of the 3rd century. They

Christopher Cross is an American singer and songwriter best known for his eponymous debut album (1979), which featured several soft rock hit singles, including “Sailing” and “Ride Like the Wind.” For his work on that record, Cross became the first artist to win Grammy Awards in the four major

Pinocchio: …wooden puppet whose lonely maker, Geppetto, wishes were a real boy. A fairy grants his wish by bringing the puppet, Pinocchio, to life, but she tells Pinocchio that he must prove his worth before she will make him into a human boy. Under the guidance of his insect friend, Jiminy…

yurt, tentlike Central Asian nomad’s dwelling, erected on wooden poles and covered with skin, felt, or handwoven textiles in bright colours. The interior is simply furnished with brightly coloured rugs (red often predominating) decorated with geometric or stylized animal patterns. The knotted pile

Gera, city, Thuringia Land (state), east-central Germany. It lies along the Weisse Elster River, southwest of Leipzig. First mentioned in 995 and by 1237 referred to as a town, it became part of the principality of Meissen in 1547. Passing to the Reuss family in 1562, it became their residence and

Joachim Frederick: …family agreement known as the Gera Bond (1598), which confirmed the practice begun by Albert III Achilles whereby Brandenburg formed the inheritance of the elector’s eldest son. By the death of George Frederick of Prussia, Joachim became regent of the duchy of Prussia, ruled nominally by the intellectually disabled Albert…

Celtic literature: The Middle Ages: …Lady of the Fountain”), “Geraint and Enid,” and “Peredur Son of Efrawg,” represented a transition from purely native tales to those composed under Norman influence. These romances correspond to the Yvain, Erec, and Perceval of Chrétien de Troyes, and the exact relationship between the Welsh and French texts has…

Aceh: History: …under the direction of the Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka), and led to periods of armed conflict between separatists and Indonesian forces from 1990. In 2002, when the Indonesian government granted greater autonomy, Aceh adopted the official name of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam.

Geral Mountains, mountain escarpment of the southern and eastern reaches of the Paraná Plateau. It constitutes the principal mountain relief of interior southern Brazil. Stretching east-west across northern Rio Grande do Sul state to the great escarpment in Santa Catarina state, it then turns and

Geral Mountains, mountain escarpment of the southern and eastern reaches of the Paraná Plateau. It constitutes the principal mountain relief of interior southern Brazil. Stretching east-west across northern Rio Grande do Sul state to the great escarpment in Santa Catarina state, it then turns and

Geral Mountains, mountain escarpment of the southern and eastern reaches of the Paraná Plateau. It constitutes the principal mountain relief of interior southern Brazil. Stretching east-west across northern Rio Grande do Sul state to the great escarpment in Santa Catarina state, it then turns and

Ekkehard I the Elder: …school exercise for his master Geraldus. That an individual named Geraldus, or Gerald, dedicated the work to Bishop Erkanbald of Strasbourg is clear; scholars now tend to attribute the entire 1,456-line Waltharius epic to Geraldus. Certain scholars have suggested that the life of Waltharius to which Ekkehard IV refers is…

Dr. Seuss: World War II and documentaries: His animated cartoon Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950) also won an Academy Award.

Giraldus Cambrensis was the archdeacon of Brecknock, Brecknockshire (1175–1204), and historian, whose accounts of life in the late 12th century stand as a valuable historical source. His works contain vivid anecdotes about the Christian church, particularly in Wales, about the growing universities

Ann Arbor: …(which is paired with the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids as part of the federal presidential library system). Several state recreation areas are located west and northwest of the city. Sociologist Charles Horton Cooley and physician and Nobel laureate Thomas H. Weller were Ann Arbor natives. Inc. village,…

warship: Large carriers: …was laid for the first Gerald R. Ford-class carrier. The USS Gerald R. Ford, the first ship in the class, was delivered to the U.S. Navy in 2017, more than two and a half years behind schedule and nearly $3 billion over budget. The Ford-class carriers were approximately the same…

Manus O’Donnell: …to the formation of the Geraldine League, a federation which combined the O’Neills, the O’Donnells, the O’Briens of Thomond, and other powerful clans; its primary object was to restore Gerald to the earldom of Kildare, but it afterward aimed at the complete overthrow of English rule in Ireland. In August…

Television in the United States: Tabloid TV: Geraldo (syndicated, 1987–98), hosted by sensationalist journalist Geraldo Rivera, featured prostitutes, transsexuals, white supremacists, and other groups seldom given voice on TV before this time. His guests often became combative and sometimes actually fought onstage. Jenny Jones (syndicated, 1991–2003) specialized in guests with salacious and…

Geraldton, city and Indian Ocean port, southwestern Western Australia. It lies along Champion Bay, across Geelvink Channel from the Houtman Abrolhos (islands). Surveyed in 1850, Geraldton originated as a military post for the nearby Murchinson goldfield and was declared a town in 1871. During World

waxplant: Unrelated plants: The Geraldton waxplant (Chamelaucium uncinatum), in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae), from Australia, is a heathlike shrub with waxy white, pink, or lilac flowers. Plants sometimes called wax flower include Anthurium and Stephanotis.

Ekkehard I the Elder: …school exercise for his master Geraldus. That an individual named Geraldus, or Gerald, dedicated the work to Bishop Erkanbald of Strasbourg is clear; scholars now tend to attribute the entire 1,456-line Waltharius epic to Geraldus. Certain scholars have suggested that the life of Waltharius to which Ekkehard IV refers is…

Geraniales: …most of these belonging to Geraniaceae. Members are mainly herbs with some woody shrubs or small trees. Leaves are simple or compound, usually stipulate, and typically possess gland-tipped leaf margins. Flowers are arranged in a cymose cluster and have a five-parted perianth, typically 10 stamens, and 5 fused carpels. Nectaries…

citral (C10H16O), a pale yellow liquid, with a strong lemon odour, that occurs in the essential oils of plants. It is insoluble in water but soluble in ethanol (ethyl alcohol), diethyl ether, and mineral oil. It is used in perfumes and flavourings and in the manufacture of other chemicals.

Geraniales, the geranium order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, belonging to the basal Rosid group of the core eudicots. It consists of 5 families, 17 genera, and nearly 850 species, most of these belonging to Geraniaceae. Members are mainly herbs with some woody shrubs or small trees. Leaves

isoprenoid: Monoterpenes: …found in lemongrass oil, and geraniol, which occurs in Turkish geranium oil.

geranium, (genus Geranium), any of a group of about 300 species of perennial herbs or shrubs in the family Geraniaceae, native mostly to subtropical southern Africa. Geraniums are among the most popular of bedding and greenhouse plants. The closely related genus Pelargonium contains some 280

geranium: Geraniums are among the most popular of bedding and greenhouse plants. The closely related genus Pelargonium contains some 280 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbaceous plants that are commonly called geraniums.

Geraniales: …most of these belonging to Geraniaceae. Members are mainly herbs with some woody shrubs or small trees. Leaves are simple or compound, usually stipulate, and typically possess gland-tipped leaf margins. Flowers are arranged in a cymose cluster and have a five-parted perianth, typically 10 stamens, and 5 fused carpels. Nectaries…

geranium: … species are commercially important for geranium oil, an essential oil used in perfumery. Geranium oil, which is also called pelargonium oil, or rose-geranium oil, is colourless to pale yellow-brown or greenish and has an odour like that of roses. It is used chiefly in perfumes, soaps, ointments, and tooth and…

Geraniales, the geranium order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, belonging to the basal Rosid group of the core eudicots. It consists of 5 families, 17 genera, and nearly 850 species, most of these belonging to Geraniaceae. Members are mainly herbs with some woody shrubs or small trees. Leaves

Dominique Rolin: …rêves (1994; “Train of Dreams”); Les Géraniums (1993), a collection of short stories that had been published separately between 1934 and 1980; Le Jardin d’agrément (1994; The Garden of Delights); and Journal amoureux (2000; “Lover’s Diary”).