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Darnel

//ˈdɑːnəɫ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields. uncountable, usually

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

  2. 2
    weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields.; especially, species Lolium temulentum, often host to a fungus intoxicating to humans and animals. uncountable, usually

Etymology

From Middle English darnel, dernel, from Old Northern French darnelle ( > dialectal French dernelle, darnette), of Germanic origin, possibly Proto-West Germanic *darjan (“to harm, injure”). Related to Walloon darne, derne (“stunned, dazed, drunk”), Middle Dutch verdarnt, verdaernt (“stunned, dumbfounded, angry”). The association with being dazed or drunkenness is due to the well-known intoxicating effects of the plant.

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