Found 2 items, similar to raphanus raphanistrum.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Raphanus raphanistrum Raphanus raphanistrum n : Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits [syn: jointed charlock, wild radish, wild rape , runch]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Raphanus raphanistrum 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]