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Harlock \Har"lock\ (h[aum]r"l[o^]k), n.
Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock.
--Drayton.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ![]() |
Mustard \Mus"tard\, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L.
mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by being mixed
with must. See Must, n.]
1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus
Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard
(Brassica alba), black mustard (Brassica Nigra),
wild mustard or charlock (Brassica Sinapistrum).
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Note: There are also many herbs of the same family which are
called mustard, and have more or less of the flavor of
the true mustard; as, bowyer's mustard (Lepidium
ruderale); hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale);
Mithridate mustard (Thlaspi arvense); tower mustard
(Arabis perfoliata); treacle mustard (Erysimum
cheiranthoides).
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2. A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white
mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken
internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large
doses is emetic.
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Mustard oil (Chem.), a substance obtained from mustard, as
a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The
name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds
produced either naturally or artificially.
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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.
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Jointed charlock, White charlock, a troublesome weed
(Raphanus Raphanistrum) with straw-colored, whitish, or
purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ![]() |
charlock noun
weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields [syn: field
mustard, wild mustard, chadlock, Brassica kaber, Sinapis
arvensis]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0 | ![]() |
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: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
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