filaria

Noun

• slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  redstem storksbill , alfilaria , alfileria , filaree , clocks , pin grass , pin clover , Erodium cicutarium