charlock
a wild mustard, Brassica kaber, having lobed, ovate leaves and clusters of small, yellow flowers, often troublesome as a weed in grainfields.
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How to use charlock in a sentence
When the young corn is growing up the bright yellow charlock grows much more rapidly, and the whole cornfield is golden with it.
The Romance of Plant Life | G. F. Scott ElliotAnd he went off into technicalities concerning the abundance of charlock on the arable land of Pym.
The Wonder | J. D. BeresfordWallace was an Eton friend, a nice boy, who had sometimes stayed at charlock House.
Amabel Channice | Anne Douglas Sedgwickcharlock, too, hid the rotting roots in the fields under a blaze of yellow flower.
After London | Richard JefferiesIn 1855, on the soil being dug in several places, charlock (Brassica sinapistrum) sprang up freely.
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II) | Charles Darwin
British Dictionary definitions for charlock
/ (ˈtʃɑːlɒk) /
Also called: wild mustard a weedy Eurasian plant, Sinapis arvensis (or Brassica kaber), with hairy stems and foliage and yellow flowers: family: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
white charlock Also called: wild radish, runch (rʌntʃ) a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
Origin of charlock
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