darnel

/ˈdɑːnəɫ/

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”). 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.

darnel means any of genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.

noun

Any of 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.”
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.