Radish

Quick meaning: Radish is a noun meaning A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

Meaning

A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

More Meanings

1. (in combination) Some other root plant of genus Raphanus or family Brassicaceae.
2. 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.

Example Sentences

rat-tail radish (Raphanus caudatus); wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)

The flavors of radicchio and radish are delicious with only a touch of balsamic vinegar for a dressing.

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."

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.

Word Forms

• radishes
• raddish

Related Words

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