charlock

char·lock

C0253400 (chär′lək, -lŏk′)n. An annual weed (Sinapis arvensis) in the mustard family, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America, having racemes of yellow flowers and hairy stems and foliage. Also called wild mustard.

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[Middle English cherlok, from Old English cerlic.]

charlock

(ˈtʃɑːlɒk) n1. (Plants) Also called: wild mustard a weedy Eurasian plant, Sinapis arvensis (or Brassica kaber), with hairy stems and foliage and yellow flowers: family: Brassicaceae (crucifers)2. (Plants) white charlock Also called: wild radish or runch a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits[Old English cerlic, of obscure origin]

char•lock

(ˈtʃɑr lək, -lɒk)

n. a wild mustard, Brassica kaber, having lobed, ovate leaves and clusters of small yellow flowers: a weed in grain fields. [before 1000; Middle English cherlok, Old English cerlic]

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charlock - weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fieldsBrassica kaber, chadlock, field mustard, Sinapis arvensis, wild mustardmustard - any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica