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Definition of Runch
1. Noun. Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits.
Group relationships: Genus Raphanus, Raphanus
Generic synonyms: Weed
Definition of Runch
1. n. The wild radish.
Definition of Runch
1. Noun. The wild radish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Runch
1. a wild radish [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Runch
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Runch
Literary usage of Runch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemical Trade Journal and Oil, Paint and Colour Review (1900)
"The uniform experience was that charlock or runch, sprayed with a proper quantity
of solution, before, during, or immediately after wet weather, ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"runch, ». The act of grinding any harsh edible substance, ibid. ... runch, *.
An iron instrument for wrenching or twisting nuts on screw-bolts, ..."
3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"runch,». Wild mustard, or radish. runch-balls, dried charlock. Cumb. RUNDEL,».
(1) A circle. "The circle or rundle about the apple of the eye." Nomencl. ..."
4. Forty Years in a Moorland Parish: Reminiscences and Researches in Danby in by John Christopher Atkinson (1891)
"I knew very well where the runch seed had come from, for I had seen the gamekeeper
fire the two barrels of his gun only a week or two before into a great ..."
5. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"See runch. Cheep, v. to chirp. Cheese and Gingerbread. See Christmas Customs in
the Preface. Cheesecake grass, bird's foot trefoil. ..."
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