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RADISH PLANT

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

radish; radish plant

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Nouns denoting plants

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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