'Raphanus Raphanistrum' definitions:
Definition of 'Raphanus raphanistrum'
From: WordNet
noun
Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits [syn: jointed charlock, wild radish, wild rape, runch, Raphanus raphanistrum]
Definition of 'Raphanus Raphanistrum'
From: GCIDE
- Charlock \Char"lock\, n. [AS. cerlic; the latter part perh. fr. AS. le['a]c leek. Cf. Hemlock.] (Bot.) A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock. [1913 Webster]
- Jointed charlock, White charlock, a troublesome weed (Raphanus Raphanistrum) with straw-colored, whitish, or purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Raphanus raphanistrum'
From: GCIDE
- Raphany \Raph"a*ny\ (r[a^]f"[.a]*n[y^]), n. [Cf. F. raphanie.] (Med.) A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism. [1913 Webster]