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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Raph·a·ny n.  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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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Char·lock n.  Bot. A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock.
 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Raphanus raphanistrum
      n : Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and
          podlike fruits [syn: jointed charlock, wild radish, wild
           rape, runch]