The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.
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n. 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
Word Usage
"The horses scampered down the flat to search out alfilaria."