radish,
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.].
The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Raphanus sativus); also, the whole plant. [1913 Webster]
Radish fly (Zoöl.), a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia raphani) whose larvæ 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.