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rad⋅ish

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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 root 1 ); cf. OHG rātih, G Rettich

Related forms:
rad⋅ish⋅like, adjective
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rad·ish   (rād'ĭsh)   
n.  

  1. A Eurasian plant (Raphanus sativus) having a fleshy edible root and white to purple flowers clustered in a terminal raceme.

  2. 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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