filaria meaning and definition

FILARIA noun

Definition of filaria (noun)

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
   • synonyms: alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill
2. slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects