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ERODIUM CICUTARIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Erodium cicutarium mean?
• ERODIUM CICUTARIUM (noun)
The noun ERODIUM CICUTARIUM has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: ERODIUM CICUTARIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
alfilaria; alfileria; clocks; Erodium cicutarium; filaree; filaria; pin clover; pin grass; redstem storksbill
Hypernyms ("Erodium cicutarium" is a kind of...):
heron's bill; storksbill (any of various plants of the genus Erodium)
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