radish
nounEtymology
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.
Definitions
A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp.…
A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.
- Although hardly coming under my theme, I cannot omit this: "Against a woman's chatter: Taste at night fasting a root of radish, that day the chatter cannot harm thee."
The root of this plant used as food. Some varieties are pungent and usually eaten raw in…
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.
- Fat people ſhould not eat freely of oily, nouriſhing diet. They ought frequently to eat radiſh, garlic, ſpices, or ſuch things as are heating, and promote perſpiration and urine.
- The flavors of radicchio and radish are delicious with only a touch of balsamic vinegar for a dressing.
- Purple shoots had grown up from the wheat seeds sown in the furrows. He fell to his knees and dug up a radish. There was a sound like a bubble popping as the thin roots parted from the earth.
Some other root plant of genus Raphanus or family Brassicaceae.
- rat-tail radish (Raphanus caudatus); wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)
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Derived
beauty heart radish, beet radish, black radish, Chinese green radish, Chinese radish, Chinese white radish, common radish, daikon radish, European radish, fodder radish, forage radish, giant white radish, horseradish, horse-radish, icicle radish, Japanese radish, Korean radish, long white radish, oil radish, oilseed radish, oriental radish, radish cake, radishless, radishlike, radish ripper, radishy, rat-tail radish, rattail radish, Ravensthorpe radish, red meat radish, roseheart radish, Sakurajima radish, serpent radish, shinrimei radish, tail-pod radish, tillage radish, watermelon radish, white radish, wild radish, winter radish
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA