horseradish

2 definitions found

horseradish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Horse-radish \Horse"-rad`ish\, n. (Bot.)
     A plant of the genus Nasturtium (Nasturtium Armoracia),
     allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste,
     much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine.
     --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Horse-radish tree. (Bot.) See Moringa.
        [1913 Webster]

horseradish - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  horseradish
      n 1: the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground
           and used for seasoning [syn: horseradish, horseradish root
           ]
      2: coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent
         root [syn: horseradish, horse radish, red cole,
         Armoracia rusticana]
      3: grated horseradish root