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®
jointed charlock
n : Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and
podlike fruits [syn: {wild radish}, {wild rape}, {runch},
{Raphanus raphanistrum}]