Hypertext Webster Gateway: "radish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Radish \Rad"ish\, n. [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.)
The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant
({Paphanus sativus}); also, the whole plant.
{Radish fly} (Zo["o]l.), a small two-winged fly ({Anthomyia
raphani}) whose larv[ae] 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
radish
n 1: pungent fleshy edible root
2: pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish
plants
3: Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root
usually eaten raw [syn: {Raphanus sativus}]
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