alfilaria

English edit

Erodium cicutarium subsp. cicutarium fruit, Hockenheim, Germany

Alternative forms edit

alfileria, alfilerilla, alfilerillo

Etymology edit

From Spanish alfilerillo, from alfiler (“pin”). The ending was assimilated to the familiar botanical suffix -aria.

Noun edit

alfilaria (countable and uncountable, plural alfilarias)

Common storksbill (Erodium cicutarium), a flowering plant of the family Geraniaceae.
Synonym: redstem filaree

References edit

Erodium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Erodium cicutarium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Erodium cicutarium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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