alfilaria
(ælfɪˈlɛərɪə)
Also -eria.
[Mexican Sp., f. Sp. alfiler pin, from the shape of the carpels.]
(See quots.)
| 1868 Overland Monthly Aug. 180/1 Burr clover,..alfalfa, bunch grass and alfilaria represent the general pasture of the mountains. 1888 Farmer Americanisms, Alfilaria (Erodium cicutarium). Also known as Storksbill, Pin-grass, Filaree, &c. A valuable forage plant of the dry regions from Colorado and New Mexico to Southern California. 1897 B. Harraden Hilda Strafford 115 Carpets of the little pink blossom of the alfilaria, the first spring flower. |
Also alfileˈrilla.
| 1889 in Cent. Dict. 1897 Outing (U.S.) XXIX. 551/2 The sleek Herefords lifted their white faces from the ferny circlets of alfilerilla. |