charlock

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun charlock has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

charlockn. [AS. cerlic; the latter part perh. fr. AS. leác leek. Cf. Hemlock.].
     A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock.  [1913 Webster]
Jointed charlock, White charlock, a troublesome weed (Raphanus Raphanistrum) with straw-colored, whitish, or purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

charlock, n. a wild mustard, Sinapis arvensis, with yellow flowers. Also called field mustard.

Etymology
OE cerlic, of unkn. orig.

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