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radish

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radish /ˈradiSH, ˈrædɪʃ /
noun
1 a swollen pungent-tasting edible root, especially a variety which is small, spherical, and red, and eaten raw with salad.
2 the plant of the cabbage family which yields the radish.
Raphanus sativus, family Brassicaceae.
– ORIGIN Old English rædic, from Latin radix, radic- root.