Synonyms:
redstem_storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, filaria, clocks, pin_grass, pin_clover, Erodium_cicutarium
Meaning: 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
Usage examples
Clocks are an evil, women a blessing.
He was home just as the clocks were striking six.
The clocks in Carentan struck half-past nine as he spoke.
But there must be no clocks in that palace--they measure our follies and limit our pleasures.
By clocks 't was morning, and for night The bells at distance called; But epoch had no basis here, For period exhaled.
"Let me repeat to you," said Prince Michael, in his even, well-modulated tones, "that women are the natural enemies of clocks.
Everything in his rooms was ruined--his clocks were rusted in the works; a fine collection of water-color drawings was entirely obliterated by the onslaught of the water ghost; and what was worse, the apartments below his were drenched with the water soaking through the floors, a damage for which he was compelled to pay, and which resulted in his being requested by his landlady to vacate the premises immediately.