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horseradish

horse·rad·ish [ háwrss ràddish ] (plural horse·rad·ish·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. horseradish root as food: a long slim pungent root. Use: in cooking, especially peeled and grated to make a hot sharp-tasting sauce often served with beef.

2. plant with pungent roots: a tall coarse plant that yields horseradish. Flowers: white. Native to: North America.  Latin name Amoracia lapathifolia.

[ Horse because large or coarse]
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