ramenas, noun

/ˈram(ə)nas/
Forms:
Also ramnas, romines.
Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, adaptation of and transferred use of Dutch ramenas, rammenas a name for the black radish.
Either of two plants of the Brassicaceae, the wild radish Raphanus raphanistrum, or (formerly) the wild mustard Sinapis arvensis (but see also quotation 1917).
1896 R. Wallace Farming Indust. of Cape Col. 117Charlock, wild mustard, or ‘romines,’ [printed romincs] Sinapis arvensis, L., is a widely prevalent weed of the corn-fields of Cape Colony.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 391Ramenas,..Raphanus raphanistrum. Wild mustard is known by this name in the Western Province.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 558Wild ramenas..Gunnera perpensa, L. A decoction of the root of this plant is used for dyspepsia.
1917 R. Marloth Dict. of Common Names of Plants 69Ramenas. In the S.W. the ‘Jointed Charlock’. In the eastern Karoo Aloe longistyla, one of the small species.
1932 Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk Medicinal & Poisonous Plants 56Raphanus raphanistrum L., an introduced species known as Charlock (jointed), Ramenas, Ramnas, and Knopherik, is used by Europeans in the treatment for gravel.
1950 Cape Times 8 Aug. 9Weeds such as ‘wilde ertjies’, ramenas and sorrel,..are regarded by farmers as their biggest enemies.
1953 Cape Times 20 May 8The ramnas, the wild radish of the Cape..is a weed of cultivation also introduced from Europe.
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 382Ram(e)nas, Raphanus raphanistrum..Introduced at the Cape during the very early days of the Settlement, and comparatively recently spread north in the Republic..The seeds have been shown to be toxic.
Either of two plants of the Brassicaceae, the wild radish Raphanus raphanistrum, or (formerly) the wild mustard Sinapis arvensis (but see also quotation 1917).
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