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Meanings of field mustard in English

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Weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields.

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Examples for "charlock"
Examples for "charlock"
1
One species of charlock will supplant another, and so in other cases.
On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection / Or, the...
2
There's nothing on earth that gets you like the smell of charlock.
Anne Severn and the Fieldings
3
On the right the bright canary coloured charlock brimmed the field.
Anne Severn and the Fieldings
4
All summer the hard fight against the charlock, year after year the same.
Anne Severn and the Fieldings
5
You'll have to keep the charlock down, Jerrold, or it'll kill the crops.
Anne Severn and the Fieldings
1
Motherwort, catnip, plantain, tansy, wild mustard,-whata homely human look they have!
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
2
Poplars whiten, and wild mustard towers on both sides of the path in fragrant yellow clusters.
To the end of the land
3
Recommends the wild mustard as an aperient.
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott / From the Original Manuscript a...
4
The long stems of the wild mustard swayed and parted, and out sprang a figure, which ran straight towards the two young men.
The Golden Fleece: A Romance
5
The wild mustard glowed so like a golden carpet, that the destroying hand of the anxious farmer seemed of the blundering tyranny of labour.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac: The Story of a Lost Napoleon. Volu...
Usage of field mustard in English
1
"Then it is field mustard, and not used for salad," said Bluebell, anxious for the last word.
Bluebell / A Novel