alfilaria
[al-fil-uh-ree-uh]
- a European plant, Erodium cicutarium, of the geranium family, grown for forage in the U.S.
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Origin of alfilaria
1865–70, Americanism; < Spanish alfilerillo, equivalent to alfiler pin (< Arabic al-khilāl the pin) + -illo diminutive suffix
Also called pin clover.
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The Geranium, like the Alfilaria, has a fruit resembling the long beak of the crane or stork.
Flowers of Mountain and PlainEdith S. Clements
There had been many winter snows and spring rains, so that the alfilaria covered the hills with a carpet of grass.
MavericksWilliam MacLeod Raine
alfilaria
alfileria
- a geraniaceous plant, Erodium cicutarium, native to Europe, with finely divided leaves and small pink or purplish flowers. It is widely naturalized in North America and is used as fodderAlso called: pin clover
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Word Origin
via American Spanish from Spanish alfilerillo, from alfiler pin, from Arabic al-khilāl the thorn
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