: the pungent usually crisp root of a widely cultivated Eurasian plant (Raphanus sativus) of the mustard family usually eaten raw
also
: a plant that produces radishes
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Plant radishes around the base of tomato plant to trap flea beetles, sowing seeds a few weeks prior to setting tomatoes.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 June 2024
Companion planting carrots with radish seeds can also keep the soil from crusting; faster-growing radishes will germinate first, breaking up any crusts for the later-sprouting carrots.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2024
The nine-inch crusty loaf comes stuffed with juicy meatballs, pink in the middle, with pickled carrots and radishes and bracing cilantro.
—New York Times, 18 June 2024
The menu shifts seasonally but standouts have included rutabaga and pink radishes layered with garlic cream, almond, harissa, and thinly sliced scallops, as well as a celery and mushroom consommé-congee mashup, sprinkled with a few comestible flowers.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2024
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 June 2024
Companion planting carrots with radish seeds can also keep the soil from crusting; faster-growing radishes will germinate first, breaking up any crusts for the later-sprouting carrots.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2024
The nine-inch crusty loaf comes stuffed with juicy meatballs, pink in the middle, with pickled carrots and radishes and bracing cilantro.
—New York Times, 18 June 2024
The menu shifts seasonally but standouts have included rutabaga and pink radishes layered with garlic cream, almond, harissa, and thinly sliced scallops, as well as a celery and mushroom consommé-congee mashup, sprinkled with a few comestible flowers.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2024
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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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