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joio — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cockle noun Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
  • darnel noun Any of the genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields.

Senses

joio is used for these senses in English:

  • cockle Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).
  • darnel Any of genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields.
  • ryegrass (countable) Any of several species of tufted grasses of the genus Lolium.

cockle — full definition

  1. noun Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
  2. noun The shell of such a mollusk.
  3. noun A wrinkle, pucker
  4. noun A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep

darnel — full definition

  1. noun Any of the genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields.
  2. noun Especially, the species Lolium temulentum, often host to a fungus toxic to humans and animals.

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