Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The charlock, Brassica Sinapistrum; also, the wild radish (jointed charlock), Raphanus Raphanistrum.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) The wild radish.

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  • noun The wild radish.

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  • noun Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits

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Examples

  • It should have a sort of crunch about it, so ` ka-runch, 'you know.

    The Venerable Juilliard, Turning 100 2005

  • "You wicked, meddlesome, nasty children!" she said, "ain't you got enough of your own good ground to runch up and spoil but you must come into my little lot?"

    The Wouldbegoods Edith 1901

  • 'You wicked, meddlesome, nasty children!' she said, ain't you got enough of your own good ground to runch up and spoil, but you must come into MY little lot? '

    The Wouldbegoods 1891

  • Continuing with weed control, Brian Ross in Suffolk said he did have some oilseed crops with large runch and small rape plants.

    FWi - All News 2010

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  • Hopefully those few very cold days will have done a lot of good knocking down what disease is around, whilst also having a good go at the runch in oilseed rape crops where no herbicide was applied.

    FWi - All News 2009

  • Hopefully those few very cold days will have done a lot of good knocking down what disease is around, whilst also having a good go at the runch in oilseed rape crops where no herbicide was applied.

    FWi - All News 2009

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    Rational Review 2009

  • Hopefully those few very cold days will have done a lot of good knocking down what disease is around, whilst also having a good go at the runch in oilseed rape crops where no herbicide was applied.

    FWi - All News 2009

  • Hopefully those few very cold days will have done a lot of good knocking down what disease is around, whilst also having a good go at the runch in oilseed rape crops where no herbicide was applied.

    FWi - All News 2009

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  • The charlock, Brassica Sinapistrum; the wild radish (jointed charlock), Raphanus Raphanistrum. See also skelloch.

    July 7, 2015