Definition

1. Noun:
   • A plant with an edible root: A cruciferous plant (Raphanus sativus) cultivated for its pungent, crisp, edible root, which is typically eaten raw.
   • The edible root itself: The fleshy, pungent, and usually red or white root of this plant, consumed as a vegetable.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • She added thinly sliced radish to the salad for extra crunch.
  • The farmer grows several varieties of radish in his garden.
  • This radish has a very sharp, peppery flavor.

Advanced Usage

• "Radish" as a descriptor for color or shape: Sometimes used informally to describe something resembling the vegetable in color (a bright pinkish-red) or form.
  • Her cheeks turned a shade of radish red from the cold.

Variants and Related Words

• Radishes (n): The plural form.
  • The recipe calls for six radishes.
• Radish sprout / Radish greens: The young shoots or leaves of the radish plant, which are also edible.
  • The radish greens can be sautéed like spinach.

Synonyms

• Cruciferous root vegetable: A more botanical term.
• Root crop: A general agricultural term for vegetables grown for their roots.

Related Phrases

• As cool as a radish: An informal idiom meaning very calm and composed.
  • Even during the crisis, the manager remained as cool as a radish.

Related Idioms

• To draw a radish: (Archaic/Rare) An old phrase meaning to accomplish a trivial or very easy task.
  • For an experienced chef, making that sauce is like drawing a radish.

Noun

1. a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root
2. Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw
3. pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants
4. radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked
5. pungent fleshy edible root