Definitions
A weedy grass that can grow among grain crops.
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“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".”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Weedy ryegrass”6 letters
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