radish

radish
    n 1: pungent fleshy edible root
    2: radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or
       cooked [syn: {radish}, {daikon}, {Japanese radish}, {Raphanus
       sativus longipinnatus}]
    3: pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish
       plants
    4: Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root
       usually eaten raw [syn: {radish}, {Raphanus sativus}]
    5: a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent
       edible root [syn: {radish plant}, {radish}]
    

Radish \Rad"ish\ (r[a^]d"[i^]sh), n. [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}.] (Bot.)
   The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant
   ({Raphanus sativus}); also, the whole plant.
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   {Radish fly} (Zool.), a small two-winged fly ({Anthomyia
      raphani}) whose larvae 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.
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