Definify.com

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.

Similar Results