filaria

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filaria Definition

• (n) European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
• (n) slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects

filaria Synonyms

• alfilaria
• alfileria
• clocks
• Erodium cicutarium
• filaree
• filaria
• pin clover
• pin grass
• redstem storksbill