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charlock

/chahr-luhk/US // ˈtʃɑr lək //UK // (ˈtʃɑːlɒk) //

炭黑,炭火,炭疽,炭化

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a wild mustard, Brassica kaber, having lobed, ovate leaves and clusters of small, yellow flowers, often troublesome as a weed in grainfields.

Examples

  • When the young corn is growing up the bright yellow Charlock grows much more rapidly, and the whole cornfield is golden with it.

  • And he went off into technicalities concerning the abundance of charlock on the arable land of Pym.

  • Wallace was an Eton friend, a nice boy, who had sometimes stayed at Charlock House.

  • Charlock, too, hid the rotting roots in the fields under a blaze of yellow flower.

  • In 1855, on the soil being dug in several places, Charlock (Brassica sinapistrum) sprang up freely.