radish
(noun) pungent fleshy edible root
radish, Raphanus sativus
(noun) Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw
radish
(noun) pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants
radish, daikon, Japanese radish, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus
(noun) radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked
Source: WordNet® 3.1
radish (plural radishes)
A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.
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.
With a distinguishing word: some other plant of the Raphanus genus or Brassicaceae family.
• Dahirs, Rashid
Source: Wiktionary
Rad"ish, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Paphanus sativus); also, the whole plant. Radish fly (Zoöl.), a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia raphani) whose larvæ 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 February 2025
(noun) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
