radish

noun3

1. •
   A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

   • Although hardly coming under my theme, I cannot omit this: "Against a woman's chatter: Taste at night fasting a root of radish, that day the chatter cannot harm thee." — 1940
2. •
   The root of this plant used as food. Some varieties are pungent and usually eaten raw in salads, etc., while others have a milder taste and are cooked.

   • Fat people should not eat freely of oily, nourishing diet. They ought frequently to eat radish, garlic, spices, or such things as are heating, and promote perspiration and urine. — 1791
3. •
   [in compounds] Some other root plant of genus Raphanus or family Brassicaceae.