darnel
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darnel
- /ˈdɑːnəɫ/ UK
Where it comes from
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”). Displaced native Old English boþen.
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.
noun darnels
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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.
Similar: ryegrass, bearded darnel, poison darnel, white darnel
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Especially, the species Lolium temulentum, often host to a fungus toxic to humans and animals.
Similar: ryegrass, bearded darnel, poison darnel, white darnel
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noun type of ryegrass found in wheatfields
| Español | cizaña, cizaña forrajera, espantapájaros |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 毒麦 dokumugi |
| Português | joio, cizânia |
| Français | ivraie enivrante |
| Deutsch | Taumel-Lolch, Taumellolch, Rauschgras |
| Italiano | zizzania, loglio |
| Română | sălbăție |
| Русский | пле́вел опьяня́ющий plével opʹjanjájuščij, пле́вел пьяня́щий plével pʹjanjáščij, головоло́м golovolóm |
| עברית | זוּן zún |
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title = {darnel},
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