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filaria

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: filaria

1
 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
2
 n
slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: filaria
1

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

Synonyms:
Erodium cicutarium, alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, filaree, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill
Type of:
heron's bill, storksbill
any of various plants of the genus Erodium
2

n slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects

Type of:
nematode, nematode worm, roundworm
unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
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