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Webster 1913 Edition


Charlock

Char′lock

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

Webster 1828 Edition


Charlock

CHARLOCK

,
Noun.
The English name of the Raphanus raphanistrum and Sinapis arvensis, very pernicious weeds among grain. One kind has yellow flowers; another, white, with jointed pods.

Definition 2024


charlock

charlock

English

Alternative forms

Noun

charlock (plural charlocks)

  1. Any of several yellow-flowered cruciferous weeds of grain fields, especially wild mustard.

Derived terms

  • jointed charlock
  • white charlock