noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A plant of the mustard family, Armoracia rusticana, cultivated for its edible root. countable
2. 2
   grated horseradish root wordnet
3. 3
   A pungent condiment made from the root of the plant. uncountable
4. 4
   coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root wordnet
5. 5
   Nonsense. countable, slang, uncountable

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6. 6
   the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

armoracia rusticanacondimenthorse radishhorseradish roothorseradish saucehorseradish sauce

Example

More examples

"Horseradish tastes good on roast beef sandwiches."

Etymology

From horse + radish.

Related phrases

Japanese horseradishhorseradish treearmoracia rusticana

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