1. (noun) 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

• alfilaria
• alfileria
• clocks
• erodium cicutarium
• filaree
• pin clover
• pin grass
• redstem storksbill

1. (noun) slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects

• family filariidae
• filariidae

1. (noun) 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

• heron's bill
• storksbill

2. (noun) slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects

• nematode
• nematode worm
• roundworm

1. (noun) slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects

• filarial