: the pungent usually crisp root of a widely cultivated Eurasian plant (Raphanus raphanistrum sativus) of the mustard family usually eaten raw
also
: a plant that produces radishes
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The Easter menu includes cauliflower soup with kalamata olives, a cheese fritter with salmon tartare, white beans with shrimp, and a dry-aged picanha with radish and mustard.
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Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Serve the chicken over sushi rice and top with a rainbow of pickled Daikon radishes and carrots.
—Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
A bit of fish sauce adds big, bold flavor, while barely pickled carrots and daikon radishes help keep the meatballs juicy (and show up later as a topper option).
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2025
For central Maryland, mid-March is a good time to direct-sow (planting the seed outside, rather than starting them indoors first) Chinese cabbage, leaf lettuce, peas, radishes, beets, spinach, and turnips.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2025
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Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Serve the chicken over sushi rice and top with a rainbow of pickled Daikon radishes and carrots.
—Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
A bit of fish sauce adds big, bold flavor, while barely pickled carrots and daikon radishes help keep the meatballs juicy (and show up later as a topper option).
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2025
For central Maryland, mid-March is a good time to direct-sow (planting the seed outside, rather than starting them indoors first) Chinese cabbage, leaf lettuce, peas, radishes, beets, spinach, and turnips.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Radish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radish. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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radish
noun
rad·ish
ˈrad-ish 
ˈred-
: the crisp edible root of a plant related to the mustards that is usually eaten raw as a vegetable
also
: a plant that produces radishes
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