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RADISH PLANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does radish plant mean?
• RADISH PLANT (noun)
The noun RADISH PLANT has 1 sense:
1. a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root
Familiarity information: RADISH PLANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
radish; radish plant
Hypernyms ("radish plant" is a kind of...):
crucifer; cruciferous plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae)
Meronyms (parts of "radish plant"):
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 plant"):
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 plant" is a member of...):
genus Raphanus; Raphanus (radish)
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