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Raphanus raphanistrum (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.
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Raphanus Raphanistrum (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.
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raphanus raphanistrum (wn) | Raphanus raphanistrum
n 1: Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and
podlike fruits [syn: jointed charlock, wild radish,
wild rape, runch, Raphanus raphanistrum] |
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Raphanus Raphanistrum (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]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] |
raphanus raphanistrum (wn) | Raphanus raphanistrum
n 1: Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and
podlike fruits [syn: jointed charlock, wild radish,
wild rape, runch, Raphanus raphanistrum] |
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