The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

RADISH

Radish (Raphanus satvius) is an annual or biennial plant of the family Cruciferae with a round to spindle-shaped tuberous root, irregularly lobed, toothed leaves, and cross-shaped white to purplish flowers arranged in a longish terminal raceme. It has been used as a vegetable since ancient Egyptian times, being cultivated by the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. The British wild radish is Raphanus raphanistrum, also known as runch in Scotland and the north of England.
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