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Added 9 October 2026

radish

/ˈɹad.ɪʃ/ noun

In Latin: raphanum Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about radish at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Pungent fleshy edible root.
Radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked.
Pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants.

Origin

PIE word *wréh₂ds From Middle English radiche, from Old English rǣdiċ, from Proto-West Germanic *rādik, borrowed from Latin rādīcem (“root of a plant; radish”); later influenced by Anglo-Norman radich and Middle French radice, borrowed from Italian radice, from the same Latin source. Doublet of radix.

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