Radish
Radish (rad"ish) , noun
[French radis; compare Italian radice, Pr. raditz: all from Latin radix, -icis, a root, an edible root, especially a radish, akin to English wort. See Wort, and compare Eradicate, Race a root, Radix.]
(Botany) The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Raphanus sativus); also, the whole plant.
Collocations (3)
Radish fly (Zoology) , a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia raphani) whose larvae burrow in radishes. It resembles the onion fly.
Rat-tailed radish (Botany) , an herb (Raphanus caudatus) having a long, slender pod, which is sometimes eaten.
Wild radish (Botany) , the jointed charlock.