Category:Radish

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.)

Defn: 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.