RADISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radish mean? 

• RADISH (noun)
  The noun RADISH has 5 senses:

1. pungent fleshy edible root

2. radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked

3. pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants

4. Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw

5. a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root

  Familiarity information: RADISH used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pungent fleshy edible root

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("radish" is a kind of...):

root vegetable (any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers)

cruciferous vegetable (a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts)

Holonyms ("radish" is a part of...):

radish; radish plant (a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

daikon; Japanese radish; radish; Raphanus sativus longipinnatus

Hypernyms ("radish" is a kind of...):

radish; radish plant (a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("radish" is a kind of...):

root ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)

Holonyms ("radish" is a part of...):

radish; radish plant (a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

radish; Raphanus sativus

Hypernyms ("radish" is a kind of...):

radish; radish plant (a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root)

Meronyms (substance of "radish"):

isothiocyanate (a family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards; source of the hotness of those plants and preparations)

Holonyms ("radish" is a member of...):

genus Raphanus; Raphanus (radish)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

radish; radish plant

Hypernyms ("radish" is a kind of...):

crucifer; cruciferous plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae)

Meronyms (parts of "radish"):

radish (pungent fleshy edible root)

radish (pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radish"):

radish; Raphanus sativus (Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw)

daikon; Japanese radish; radish; Raphanus sativus longipinnatus (radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked)

Holonyms ("radish" is a member of...):

genus Raphanus; Raphanus (radish)