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