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darnel
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
weed growing in grainfields, c.1300, from northern dialectal French darnelle ; according to one theory, the the second element is Old French neelle (Modern French nielle ) "cockle," from Vulgar Latin nigella "black-seeded," from fem. of Latin nigellus "blackish."\n ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A species of ryegrass, ''Lolium temulentum'', often found in wheat fields and often host to a fungus intoxicating to humans and animals. 2 Various species of ''Lolium'', especially as a weed in wheat fields.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous [syn: tare , bearded darnel , cheat , Lolium temulentum ]
Usage examples of darnel.
The lynk was at the bottom of the slope beneath an apple tree ferned over with tiny blossoms of ivray and darnel.
The Bearded Darnel, a common grass weed in English cornfields, is easily distinguished by its long glumes or awns and turgid, fruiting pales, containing the large grains, from the common Ray or Rye-grass (Lolium perenne), which is one of the best of the cultivated grasses, peculiarly adapted for both hay and pasture, especially in wet or uncertain climates.
So long then as the poor man hath to sell, rich men bring out none, but rather buy up that which the poor bring, under pretence of seed corn or alteration of grain, although they bring none of their own, because one wheat often sown without change of seed will soon decay and be converted into darnel.
Lindley in his Vegetable Kingdom takes the latter view, stating moreover, 'this is the only authentic instance of unwholesome qualities in the order of grasses,' and Professor Henslow considers too that as the use of Darnel in the sixteenth century was similar to that of Ergot - a diseased condition of the grain of Rye - it is more probable that the injurious nature of Darnel has been due to an ergotized condition, especially as experiments have shown that perfectly healthy Darnel seeds have no injurious effects.