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–noun

1.	the crisp, pungent, edible root of the plant, Raphanus sativus, of the mustard family, usually eaten raw.

2.	the plant itself.

[Origin: bef. 1000; late ME radish(e), var. (cf. OF radise, var. of radice) of ME radich(e), OE rǣdic < L rādīc- (s. of rādīx root¹); cf. OHG rātih, G Rettich

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—Related forms

rad·ish·like, adjective

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n.

A Eurasian plant (Raphanus sativus) having a fleshy edible root and white to purple flowers clustered in a terminal raceme.
The pungent root of this plant, eaten raw as an appetizer and in salads.

[Middle English radiche, from Old English rædic, from Latin rādīx, rādīc-, root; see wrād- in Indo-European roots.]

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radish

late O.E. rædic, from L. radicem, acc. of radix "root," from PIE base *wrad- "twig, root" (cf. Gk. rhiza, Lesbian brisda "root;" Gk. hradamnos "branch;" Goth. waurts, O.E. wyrt, Welsh gwridd, O.Ir. fren "root").

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

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radish [ˈrӕdiʃ] noun

a plant with a red-skinned white root used as food

Arabic:	فُجْل
Chinese (Simplified):	小萝卜
Chinese (Traditional):	小蘿蔔
Czech:	ředkvička
Danish:	radise
Dutch:	radijs
Estonian:	redis
Finnish:	retiisi
French:	radis
German:	das Radieschen
Greek:	ραπανάκι
Hungarian:	retek
Icelandic:	hreðka, radísa
Indonesian:	lobak
Italian:	ravanello

Japanese:	はつか大根
Korean:	무
Latvian:	redīss
Lithuanian:	ridikëlis
Norwegian:	reddik
Polish:	rzodkiew
Portuguese (Brazil):	rabanete
Portuguese (Portugal):	rabanete
Romanian:	ridiche
Russian:	редиска
Slovak:	reďkovka
Slovenian:	redkev
Spanish:	rábano
Swedish:	rädisa
Turkish:	turp

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Radish

Rad"ish\, 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 (Paphanus sativus); also, the whole plant.

Radish fly (Zo["o]l.), a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia raphani) whose larv[ae] 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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