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ALFILERIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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Hypernyms ("alfileria" is a kind of...):
heron's bill; storksbill (any of various plants of the genus Erodium)