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Radish
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- 1 A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root. countable, uncountable
"Many times they ſow divers ſeeds in a Bed together, as Radiſhes and Carrots, that by ſuch time as the Carrots come up, the Radiſhes may be gone. Upon beds newly ſet with Licorice they ſow Onions or Radiſh, or Lettice if their Licorice plants or ground be but weak, ſo as not quickly to cauſe a ſhadow with their leaves."
- 2 pungent fleshy edible root wordnet
- 3 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. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 4 a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root wordnet
- 5 Some other root plant of genus Raphanus or family Brassicaceae. countable, in-compounds, uncountable
"rat-tail radish (Raphanus caudatus); wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)"
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- 6 Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw wordnet
- 7 pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants wordnet
- 8 radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked wordnet
Etymology
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.
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