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Definition of Erodium cicutarium
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Heron's Bill, Storksbill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Erodium Cicutarium
Literary usage of Erodium cicutarium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual Flora of Madeira and the Adjacent Island of Porto Santo and the by Richard Thomas Lowe (1868)
"1 (erodium cicutarium y. DC.), but with which they are certainly not identical.
These 2 states or stages of the sp. (the stemless and luxuriant) are however ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun, F. W. Oliver (1895)
"erodium cicutarium. ^ Quamoclit coccinea. lt Tilia grand\folia. ... three-lobed (Erodium
Cicutarium), and trisected (Lepidium sativum), ..."