radish

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun radish has 5 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

radishn. [F. radis; cf. It. radice, Pr. raditz: all fr. L. radix, -icis, a root, an edible root, especially a radish, akin to E. wort. See Wort, and cf. Eradicate, Race a root, Radix.].
     The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Raphanus sativus); also, the whole plant.  [1913 Webster]
Radish fly (Zoöl.), a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia raphani) whose larvæ burrow in radishes. It resembles the onion fly. -- Rat-tailed radish (Bot.), an herb (Raphanus caudatus) having a long, slender pod, which is sometimes eaten. -- Wild radish (Bot.), the jointed charlock.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

radish, n.
1 a cruciferous plant, Raphanus sativus, with a fleshy pungent root.
2 this root, eaten esp. raw in salads etc.

Etymology
OE r{aelig}dic f. L radix radicis root

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