Meaning of darnel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields.
   uncountable, usually
2. especially, species Lolium temulentum, often host to a fungus intoxicating to humans and animals.
   uncountable, usually

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Examples

“With harlocks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers, / Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow / In our sustaining corn.”

“Poppies, hemp, and darnel were scavenged, dried, and ground up to produce a medieval hash brownie known as "crazy bread".”

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