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heron's bill

DEFINITIONS OF: heron's bill

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n any of various plants of the genus Erodium

Synonyms:
storksbill
Types:
Erodium cicutarium, alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill
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
Erodium moschatum, musk clover, muskus grass, white-stemmed filaree
low annual European herb naturalized in America; similar to alfilaria
Erodium texanum, Texas storksbill
of prairies and desert areas of southwestern United States and Mexico
Type of:
geranium
any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae
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