Alfileria

al·fil·a·ri·a or al·fil·e·ri·a  (l-fl-r)

n.

An annual Mediterranean plant (Erodium cicutarium) having pinnately dissected leaves and small pink or purple flowers. It is a widespread weed and is used for spring forage in the western United States. Also called filaree, pin clover.

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[American Spanish alfilerillo, a cactus with leaves ending in sharp points, from Spanish, diminutive of alfiler, pin, from Arabic al-ill, the thorn : al-, the + ill, thorn (from alla, to pierce; see ll in Semitic roots).]

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alfileria - 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 alfilaria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill heron's bill, storksbill - any of various plants of the genus Erodium