clocks
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- noun
- UK
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alfilería
- (CLOCKS CHIMING)
Examples
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(CLOCKS CHIMING)
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(ALARM CLOCKS RINGING)
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(GUN CLOCKS)
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M.J. checks her time (WALL CLOCKS HELP US HERE: 8:47).
Fiction book (1995) -
National Debt Clocks have been posted on public streets since the 1960s, and links to it connect to 50,000 internet sites—some of them on your own blog roll on the left—in real time.
Blog text (17) -
Many farmers in the area cultivate clocks for their unique flowers and ground cover.
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The gardener praised the clocks for their ability to grow in poor soil conditions.
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In spring, the meadow is filled with blooming clocks that attract local pollinators.
Synonyms
A small European weed with reddish stems, fernlike leaves, and pink-purple flowers often eaten by farm animals
A small wild plant with thin red stems and small purple flowers that gives food to animals in spring
A low plant with reddish stems and leaves like a fern often found in fields and eaten by animals
A small plant often found as a weed with red stems, feathery leaves, and pink-purple flowers
A spreading plant with reddish flowers grown for animal food
A weed with reddish stems and small purple flowers used as food for farm animals
A plant from Europe with red stems and lavender flowers grown for animal food
A plant with red creeping stems, fernlike leaves, and small reddish lavender flowers eaten by cattle
Surface Forms
Etymology
Clocks is a common name for a small field weed, and it probably comes from the way the plant's round seed heads and long curled seed tails look or move like a tiny clock. A helpful way to remember clocks is to picture the seeds turning and scattering like the hands of a clock, which explains the name used for this weed today.