Darnel (Lolium temulentum), an annual grass of the same genus with Rye-grass (q.v.), common as a weed in cornfields in England and many parts of Europe. Probably the tares of the parable, it is reputed (though some authorities deny the fact) to have a narcotic poisonous seed. See RAPHANIA.
Darnel
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 682
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