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filaria
n 1: 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 [syn: redstem storksbill, alfilaria,
alfileria, filaree, clocks, pin grass, pin
clover, Erodium cicutarium]
2: slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and
tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting
insects
[also: filariiae (pl)]