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RABAN PICANTE (Spanish) = HORSERADISH.

RACHENPUTZER (German) = HORSERADISH.

RADHUNI (India) = Mustard Seed (Black)(Spices).

RAFANO (Italian) = HORSERADISH.

RAI (India) = Mustard Seed (Spices).

RAIFORT (French) = HORSERADISH

RAMERINO (Italian) = Rosemary (Spices).

RAMPE (India) = SCREWPINE.

RAS EL HANOUT (Morocco) translates as "head of the shop", perhaps because this spice mix includes a bit of everything the spice merchant has in his shop. This may include twenty-five or more different spices. It is always sold whole and ground as required.

RAUTE (German) = Rue (Spices).

RED PEPPER = CHILI of the Capsicum annuum family.

RÉGLISSE (French) = Licorice Root (Comfits and Sweets).

REZENE (Turkish) = Fennel Seed (Spices).

Rhus coriaria = Sumac Berries (Spices).

RHUS SYRIACUM (ancient Rome) = Sumac Berries (Spices).

RIGANI (Greek) = Wild MARJORAM.

RINGELBLUME (German) = Calendula (Pot Marigold) (Spices).

ROCAMBOLE = Allium scordoprasum, one of the milder forms of garlic, popular in northern and cenral Europe.

ROMAN CORIANDER = Nigella Seed (Spices).

ROMARIN (French) = Rosemary (Spices).

ROMERO (Spanish) = Rosemary (Spices).

RÖMISCHER KÜMMEL (German) = Cumin Seed (Spices).

ROSÉ PEPPER = Pink Pepper (Spices).

ROSEBAY WILLOWHERB = FIREWEED.

Rosemary (Spices) = Rosmarinus officinalis.

Rosewater (Sweet Scents)

ROSMARIN (German, Swedish) = Rosemary (Spices).

ROSMARINO (Italian) = Rosemary (Spices).

Rosmarinus officinalis = Rosemary (Spices).

ROUCOU = Annatto Seed (Spices)

ROUND CHINESE CARDAMOM = CARDAMOM, ROUND CHINESE.

ROUND LEAVED MINT = APPLE MINT.

ROUND PEPPER = Black Pepper (Spices).

ROYAL CUMIN "shahi jeera" (India) = Black Cumin (Spices).

ROZMARYN LEKARSKI (Polish) = Rosemary (Spices).

Rue (Spices) = Ruta graveolens. The dried leaf is used in modern cooking; in ancient Rome the seeds/berries were also used.

RUSSIAN MUSTARD = BROWN MUSTARD SEED.

RUTA (ancient Rome, Italian, Polish) = Rue (Spices).

Ruta graveolens = Rue (Spices).

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