ALFILERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alfileria mean? 

• ALFILERIA (noun)
  The noun ALFILERIA 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: ALFILERIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALFILERIA (noun)

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 ("alfileria" is a kind of...):

heron's bill; storksbill (any of various plants of the genus Erodium)