Darnels (5 letters)

{ Answer }

TARES

{ Related Clues }

Counterweights
Vetches
Biblical plants
Biblical weeds
Bitter vetches
Butchers' measures
Certain adjustments
Container weights
Counter-balances
Counter-weights
Fodder plants
Gaze Fixedly
Noxious weeds
Scale weights
Shipping weights
Vetch seeds
Weedy plants
Weight allowances
Weight considerations
Weight factors
Wrapping weights
Deductions from gross weight
Noxious weeds of the Bible
Parabolic weeds in the Bible

{ Tags }

allowances, bible, biblical, container, counter, darnels, deductions, factors, fodder, gross, noxious, parabolic, plants, shipping, tares, vetches, weeds, weedy, weight, weights, wrapping

{ Notes }

The answer TARES is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.

{ Definition }

TARE as a noun:

1. any of several weedy vetches grown for forage

2. (darnel, tare, bearded darnel, cheat, Lolium temulentum) = weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

3. counterweight consisting of an empty container that is used as a counterbalance to obtain net weight

TAR as a verb:

1. coat with tar; "tar the roof"; "tar the roads"