noun
- the crisp, pungent, edible root of the plant, Raphanus sativus, of the mustard family, usually eaten raw.
- the plant itself.
noun
- any of various plants of the genus Raphanus, esp R. sativus of Europe and Asia, cultivated for its edible root: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- the root of this plant, which has a pungent taste and is eaten raw in salads
- wild radish another name for white charlockSee charlock (def. 2)
late Old English rædic “radish,” from Latin radicem (nominative radix) “root, radish,” from PIE root *wrad- “twig, root” (cf. Greek rhiza, Lesbian brisda “root;” Greek hradamnos “branch;” Gothic waurts, Old English wyrt; Welsh gwridd, Old Irish fren “root”). Spelling perhaps influenced by Old French radise, variant of radice, from Vulgar Latin *radicina, from radicem.