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kok´'l (King James Version margin “stinking weeds,†the Revised Version, margin “noisome weedsâ€; בּ×ש××”, bo'shaÌ„h, from Hebrew root בּ×ש×, baÌ„'ash, “to stinkâ€; βαÌτος, baÌtos): “Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley†(). On account of the meaning of the Hebrew root we should expect that the reference was rather to repulsive, offensive weeds than to the pretty corn cockle. It is very possible that no particular plant is here intended, though the common Palestinian “stinking†arums have been suggested by Hooker.