red radish

Peppery salad vegetable

Red radish is the common, peppery root vegetable typically eaten raw in salads or as a garnish—the small, round or oblong variety with bright red skin and white flesh.

The qualifier distinguishes it from other radish types like daikon or black radish, though in everyday use, radish alone usually means the red kind.

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salad bar · veggie tray · garden · farmers market · vegetable · pink · crisp · spicy · sliced · raw · bulb · bite · fresh · spring · spring harvest · greens · pickled · harvest

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Opposites
root vegetable type

red radishbeet

Dark red root vegetable

sweet potato · carrot · turnip · parsnip · rutabaga

flavor intensity

red radishcucumber

Crisp edible gourd

iceberg lettuce · celery · butter lettuce · watermelon

color among radish varieties

red radishwhite radish

Pale, mild root vegetable

daikon

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G