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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. {Jointed charlock}, {White charlock}, a troublesome weed ({Raphanus Raphanistrum}) with straw-colored, whitish, or purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: charlock n : weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields [syn: {field mustard}, {wild mustard}, {chadlock}, {Brassica kaber}, {Sinapis arvensis}]
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