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| 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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[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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| 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
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Radish
Ra"dix\, n.; pl. Radices, E. Radixes. [L. radix, -icis, root. See Radish.]1. (Philol.) A primitive, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon. 2. (Math.) (a) A number or quantity which is arbitrarily made the fundamental number of any system; a base. Thus, 10 is the radix, or base, of the common system of logarithms, and also of the decimal system of numeration. (b) (Alg.) A finite expression, from which a series is derived. [R.] --Hutton. 3. (Bot.) The root of a plant.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Radish
Wort\, n. [OE. wort, wurt, AS. wyrt herb, root; akin to OS. wurt, G. wurz, Icel. jurt, urt, Dan. urt, Sw. ["o]rt, Goth. wa['u]rts a root, L. radix, Gr. ? a root, ? a branch, young shoot, ? a branch, and E. root, n. Cf. Licorice, Orchard, Radish, Root, n., Whortleberry, Wort an infusion of malt.]1. (Bot.) A plant of any kind. Note: This word is now chiefly used in combination, as in colewort, figwort, St. John's-wort, woundwort, etc. 2. pl. Cabbages.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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