'Charlock' definitions:
Definition of 'charlock'
(from WordNet)
noun
Weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields [syn: field mustard, wild mustard, charlock, chadlock, Brassica kaber, Sinapis arvensis]
Definition of 'Charlock'
From: GCIDE
- Charlock \Char"lock\, n. [AS. cerlic; the latter part perh. fr. AS. le['a]c 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. [1913 Webster]
- Jointed charlock, White charlock, a troublesome weed (Raphanus Raphanistrum) with straw-colored, whitish, or purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'charlock'
From: GCIDE
- Harlock \Har"lock\ (h[aum]r"l[o^]k), n. Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]