From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
clocks \clocks\ n.
1. European weed naturalized in the southwestern U. S. and
Mexico ({Erodium cicutarium}), having reddish decumbent
stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep
reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender pinlike
fruits that stick straight up; it is often grown for
forage.
Syn: redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree,
filaria, pin grass, pin clover, {Erodium cicutarium}.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clocks
n 1: 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 [syn: {redstem storksbill}, {alfilaria},
{alfileria}, {filaree}, {filaria}, {clocks}, {pin grass},
{pin clover}, {Erodium cicutarium}]
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]:
clocks
n.
Processor logic cycles, so called because each generally corresponds to one
clock pulse in the processor's timing. The relative execution times of
instructions on a machine are usually discussed in clocks rather than
absolute fractions of a second; one good reason for this is that clock
speeds for various models of the machine may increase as technology
improves, and it is usually the relative times one is interested in when
discussing the instruction set. Compare {cycle}, {jiffy}.
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