noun
radish
RAD-ihsh
noun
1
A crisp, peppery root vegetable, usually red or white, eaten raw in salads.
"She sliced a few radishes into the salad for extra crunch."
How to Use Radish
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small, crunchy, often peppery-tasting root vegetable.
Common pairings
sliced radish
radish salad
pickled radish
Word Forms
radishes plural
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Etymology
Traces back through Old English and Latin radicem, "root", ultimately from the same root as "radix" and "radical".