a familiar garden vegetable. It belongs to the mustard family. It is thought to be a native of temperate Asia, but there is no known region in which the radish now grows wild. As radishes may be grown closely together and may be had for the table four weeks from the time the seed is sown, it is said that a small plot of ground sown to radishes will produce more food than if planted to any other vegetable known. The list of varieties is a long one. The chief types are the early scarlet, having a globular root, and the long scarlet, having a root of parsnip shape. See VEGETABLES; MUSTARD.