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darnel
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun darnel has 1 sense
- darnel(n = noun.plant) bearded darnel, cheat, lolium temulentum, tare - weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous; Array is a kind of rye grass, ryegrass
OXFORD DICTIONARY
darnel, n. any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, growing as weeds among cereal crops.
Etymology
ME: cf. Walloon darnelle
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