Charlock (Noun)
Meaning
Weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Charlock was a persistent problem in the wheat fields, choking out the valuable crop and reducing yields.
- Farmers took great care to manually remove charlock from their fields before it had a chance to seed and spread further.
- Charlock seeds can lie dormant in the soil for many years before germinating, making it a difficult weed to eradicate.
- The fields were overrun with charlock and other weeds, requiring extensive effort to restore them to a usable state.
- Charlock is often mistaken for wild mustard, as the two plants share many similar characteristics.