Home › Words › A › alfilariaalfilaria/ˌæl.fɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/alfilaria means common storksbill (Erodium cicutarium), a flowering plant of the family Geraniaceae.alfilaria is pronounced /ˌæl.fɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/.EtymologyFrom Spanish alfilerillo, from alfiler (“pin”). The ending was assimilated to the familiar botanical suffix -aria.nouncommon storksbill (Erodium cicutarium), a flowering plant of the family Geraniaceae.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.erodium 69% match — Any of the plant genus Erodium, including filarees and storksbills. vs alfilaria →alfilerillo 60% match — Machaonia woodburyana, a plant in the family Rubiaceae. vs alfilaria →breadwort 56% match — The knotgrass Polygonum aviculare. vs alfilaria →spurwort 55% match — Sherardia arvensis, a flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. vs alfilaria →floricomous 54% match — Having a certain kind of ovipositor, characteristic of the Cnephasiini, consisting of papillae anales with a section of flat-headed setae. vs alfilaria →bedstraw 54% match — Any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers. vs alfilaria →ervil 54% match — bitter vetch, blister vetch (Vicia ervilia). vs alfilaria →culverwort 53% match — common columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris). vs alfilaria →