Armoracia rusticana (Common names)
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Names in common use
- English: horseradish, horse-radish
- German: Meerrettich, Kren; Meerrettich (CH); Kren (Austria)
- Dutch: mierikswortel; peperwortel (B)
- Swedish: pepparrot
- Danish: peberrod
- Norwegian: pepperrot
- Icelandic: piparrót
- French: raifort, raifort sauvage; cran, cranson
- Italian: barbaforte, cren, rafano; rafano (CH)
- Spanish: rábano rusticano, vagisco; barbafuerte, taramago, cren (Argentina)
- Catalan: rave-boscà, rave rusticà
- Portuguese: rábão rústico, rábano rústico
- Romanian:
- Russian: хрен - xren
- Polish: chrzan
- Czech: křen
- Slovak: chren
- Bulgarian: хрян - xrjan
- Croatian: hren, ren
- Serb: рен - ren
- Slovenian: hren
- Latvian:
- Lithuanian:
- Albanian: kren
- Greek: ραπανίδα, χράνο, χρένο, κρένο, κράνος - rapanidha, xrano, xreno, kreno, kranos
- Turkish: at turbu
- Maltese:
- Hungarian: torma
- Finnish: piparjuuri, piparruuti
- Estonian:
Sources and commentaries
- French
- raifort is historically a regional name for Raphanus sativus Niger Group in Paris region. As it was superseded by radis noir, it bacame available as a scholarly name for Armoracia rusticana, which is quite unknown and unused in francophone areas. MC
