radish
A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.
Other meanings
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.
Some other root plant of genus Raphanus or family Brassicaceae.
A kind of
- root vegetable
Related words
- horseradish
- radishy
- radishless
- radishlike
- beet radish
- black radish
- daikon radish
- forage radish
- giant white radish
- horse-radish
- long white radish
- oriental radish
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "rǣdiċ".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “radish” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.