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radish.

A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹad.ɪʃ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɹæd.ɪʃ/General-American/ˈɹɛd.ɪʃ/dated, dialectal
  1. A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The root of this plant used as food. Some varieties are pungent and usually eaten raw in salads, etc., while others have a milder taste and are cooked.

    countable · uncountable
  3. Some other root plant of genus Raphanus or family Brassicaceae.

    countable · in-compounds · uncountable
    rat-tail radish (Raphanus caudatus); wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)
Where this word comes from

PIE word *wréh₂ds From Middle English radiche, from Old English rǣdiċ, from Proto-West Germanic *rādik, borrowed from Latin rādīcem (“root of a plant; radish”); later influenced by Anglo-Norman radich and Middle French radice, borrowed from Italian radice, from the same Latin source. Doublet of radix.

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