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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