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darnels

darnels is the plural of darnel.

Meaning of darnel

Noun

darnel (usually uncountable, plural darnels)

  1. (usually) Any of the genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields.
    • With harlocks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers, / Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow / In our sustaining corn.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    Synonyms:
    ryegrass, bearded darnel, poison darnel, white darnel
    1. (usually) Especially, the species Lolium temulentum, often host to a fungus toxic to humans and animals.

Questions about darnels

What is darnels the plural of?
Darnels is the plural of darnel.

Words near darnels in the dictionary

  1. darned
  2. darneder
  3. darnedest
  4. darnel
  5. Darnell
  6. darnels
  7. darner
  8. darners
  9. darnest
  10. darneth
  11. darnex

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