What is Radish?
{{taxobox | name = Radish | image = Radish 3371103037 4ab07db0bf o.jpg | image_caption = Radishes | regnum = [[Plantae]] | unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] | unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] | unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]] | ordo = [[Brassicales]] | familia = [[Brassicaceae]] | genus = ''[[Raphanus]]'' | species = ''[[Raphanus raphanistrum|R. raphanistrum]]'' | subspecies = '''''R. raphanistrum'' subsp. ''sativus''''' }} A '''radish''' is an edible root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family. People eat radishes all over the world. It was first grown in Europe in pre-Roman Empire|Roman times. Radishes are usually eaten as a crunchy salad vegetable. There are many [[variety (botany)|varieties]] of radishes. Some radishes are different in size, flavor, color and the length of time they take to grow. It has a somewhat hot taste, rather peppery. This keeps some herbivores away, or limits the amount they eat. It acts as a [[defence against herbivory]]. {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Root vegetables]] [[Category:Brassicaceae]]