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Definition of Jointed charlock
1. Noun. Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits.
Group relationships: Genus Raphanus, Raphanus
Generic synonyms: Weed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jointed Charlock
Literary usage of Jointed charlock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"In Clevel. it is a name applied to the common charlock, and the jointed charlock
is distinguished as ' white runch.' Bung, sb. A step, or round, ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"jointed charlock. See Charlock,'Jointed. Jointed Glasswort. See Glasswort.
Joint Grass. (1) Various species of Equisetum.—Wane.; Wore. ; . Suss. ..."
3. Agricultural Botany: Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1921)
"Wild Radish: jointed charlock (Raphanus Raphanistrum L.). — An annual weed common
and troublesome in cornfields in many districts although unknown in others ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... also called jointed charlock, has yellow flowers and necklace-formed pods with
a long beak ; this is a common weed in European agriculture, ..."
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