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RAPHANUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Raphanus mean?
• RAPHANUS (noun)
The noun RAPHANUS has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: RAPHANUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Radish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Raphanus; Raphanus
Hypernyms ("Raphanus" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Raphanus"):
radish; radish plant (a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root)
jointed charlock; Raphanus raphanistrum; runch; wild radish; wild rape (Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits)
radish; Raphanus sativus (Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw)
Holonyms ("Raphanus" is a member of...):
Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)
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