RAPHANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Raphanus mean? 

• RAPHANUS (noun)
  The noun RAPHANUS has 1 sense:

1. radish

  Familiarity information: RAPHANUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAPHANUS (noun)

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)