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( alfilería [alfilería] < alfilerillo < alfiler < Arabic al-hhilel 'pin,' plus the diminutive suffix -illo; hence, 'small pin')OED: 1868. Acommon forage in the Southwest, also known as pin grass ( Erodium cicu-tarium). According to Cobos, alfilería (also alfilerillo) is used in New Mexican and Southern Colorado Spanish to denote a plant of the Cranesbill family called pinclover. He indicates that the term derives from alfilerillo, which the DRAE defines as an herbaceous plant used as forage in Argentina and Chile. It is likely that the Argentine and Chilean varieties are unrelated to the southwestern alfilaria or alfile-ria, but share the common characteristic of a pinlike shape. No doubt the cowboy distinguished among the various types of forage that cattle would eat, since there was always the danger that they might ingest locoweed or some other poisonous plant.Alternate forms: alfilena, alfileria, alfilerilla, filaree, fileree. -
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m.1 fodder plant. (Andes)2 cactus (pita).3 pin grass, alfilaria, alfileria, filaria.* * *
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Alfileria — Al*fil e*ri a, ||Alfilerilla Al*fil e*ril la, n. [Mex. Sp., fr. Sp. alfiler pin.] Same as {Alfilaria}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
alfileria — al·fil·e·ria … English syllables
alfileria — 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 •… … Useful english dictionary
Alfilerilla — Alfileria Al*fil e*ri a, ||Alfilerilla Al*fil e*ril la, n. [Mex. Sp., fr. Sp. alfiler pin.] Same as {Alfilaria}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
clocks — n. 1. European weed naturalized in the southwestern U. S. and Mexico ({Erodium cicutarium}), having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish lavender flowers followed by slender pinlike fruits that stick straight… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Erodium cicutarium — clocks clocks n. 1. European weed naturalized in the southwestern U. S. and Mexico ({Erodium cicutarium}), having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish lavender flowers followed by slender pinlike fruits that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Erodium cicutarium — clocks clocks n. 1. European weed naturalized in the southwestern U. S. and Mexico ({Erodium cicutarium}), having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish lavender flowers followed by slender pinlike fruits that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
alfilaria — ☆ alfilaria or alfileria [al fil΄ə rē′ə ] n. [AmSp alfilerillo < Sp alfiler, a pin < Ar al khilāl, thorn] a European common weed (Erodium cicutarium) of the geranium family, which is now utilized as fodder in the SW U.S … English World dictionary
alfilaria — 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 •… … Useful english dictionary
clocks — 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 •… … Useful english dictionary
Erodium cicutarium — 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 •… … Useful english dictionary
