Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Source : WordNet®
charlock
n : weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields [syn: {field
mustard}, {wild mustard}, {chadlock}, {Brassica kaber}, {Sinapis
arvensis}]