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Raphany
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(n.) 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Raphany'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/raphany.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Raphany'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/raphany.html. 1828.
