charlock

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: char=lock

CIDE DICTIONARY

charlock, n. [AS. cerlic; the latter part perh. fr. AS. leác leek. Cf. Hemlock.].

 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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

charlock, n. a wild mustard, Sinapis arvensis, with yellow flowers. Also called field mustard.

Etymology

OE cerlic, of unkn. orig.