darnel /ˈdɑːnəɫ/ noun2 •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. — 1603 •Especially, the species Lolium temulentum, often host to a fungus toxic to humans and animals. formsdarnels