charlock

charlock

English

Alternative forms

• chadlock

Etymology

From Middle English charlok, cherlok, from Old English ċyrlic, ċirlic, ċerlic. Further origin unknown.

Noun

charlock (countable and uncountable, plural charlocks)

1. Any of several yellow-flowered cruciferous weeds of grain fields, especially wild mustard (Sinapis arvensis).

Synonyms

• kilk

Derived terms

• jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum)
• white charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum)

Related terms

• kedlock

Translations

Sinapis arvensis

Asturian: xébana Bulgarian: синап m (sinap), полски сина́п m (polski sináp) Catalan: mostassa borda f, ravenissa groga Czech: hořčice polní, hořčice rolní Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: herik (nl) m, krodde f Finnish: rikkasinappi (fi) French: moutarde des champs (fr) m, sanve (fr) f German: Ackersenf m, Acker-Senf m Greek: Ancient: λαψάνη f (lapsánē) Irish: praiseach bhuí Italian: senape selvatica f, senape dei campi f Polish: gorczyca polna f, ognicha f Portuguese: mostarda-dos-campos f Romansch: senav d'er m Russian: горчи́ца полева́я f (gorčíca polevája) Serbo-Croatian: poljska gorušica f, divlja gorušica f Slovak: horčica roľná (sk) f Spanish: mostaza de campo f, mostaza de los campos f Swedish: åkersenap Turkish: yabani hardal Welsh: mwstard gwyllt m, cadafarth m, aur yr ŷd (cy) m, maip gwylltion m