radish /ˈradɪʃ 
/ ▸ 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 Cruciferae.
– ORIGIN Old English rædic, from Latin radix, radic- ‘root’.
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