ALFILERIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("alfileria" is a kind of...):

heron's bill; storksbill (any of various plants of the genus Erodium)

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