Meanings
nounhorseradish (countable and uncountable, plural horseradishes)
plural horseradishes · alternative horse-radish
- countableA plant of the mustard family, Armoracia rusticana, cultivated for its edible root.
- slanguncountableNonsense.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA pungent condiment made from the root of the plant.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounthe root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning
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horseradish root
Broader
nouncoarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root
Similar
horse radishred coleArmoracia rusticana
Broader
herbherbaceous plant
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀρμορακία
- ἀρμορακία (armorakía)plant
Arabic فُجْل حَارّ
- فُجْل حَارّ (fujl ḥārr)condiment
Basque errefau min
- errefau minplant
Bulgarian хрян, хрян
- хрян (hrjan)condiment
- хрян (hrjan)plant
Catalan rave picant, rave rusticà
- rave picantcondiment
- rave rusticàplant
- rave picantplant
Chinese Cantonese 辣根, 辣根醬 /辣根酱
- 辣根 (laat⁶ gan¹)condiment
- 辣根醬 /辣根酱 (laat⁶ gan¹ zoeng³)condiment
- 辣根 (laat⁶ gan¹)plant
Chinese Mandarin 辣根, 辣根
- 辣根 (làgēn)condiment
- 辣根 (làgēn)plant
Czech křen, křen
- křencondiment
- křenplant
Danish peberrod, peberrod
- peberrodcondiment
- peberrodplant
Dutch mierikswortel, mierik
- mierikswortelcondiment
- mierikcondiment
- boerenradijscondiment
- mierikplant
Esperanto kreno, kreno
- krenocondiment
- krenoplant
Estonian aed-mädarõigas, mädarõigas
- aed-mädarõigascondiment
- mädarõigascondiment
Finnish piparjuuri, piparjuuri
- piparjuuricondiment
- piparjuuriplant
French raifort, cranson de Bretagne
- raifortcondiment
- cranson de Bretagnecondiment
- crancondiment
- raifortplant
German Meerrettich, Kren
- Meerrettichcondiment
- Krencondiment
- Meerrettichplant
- Krenplant
Greek χρένο, αγριοράπανο
- χρένο (chréno)condiment
- αγριοράπανο (agriorápano)condiment
- χρένο (chréno)plant
- αγριοράπανο (agriorápano)plant
Hebrew חזרת הגינה, חזרת
- חזרת הגינה (hazeret hagina)condiment
- חזרת (ḥazeret)plant
Hungarian torma, közönséges torma
- tormacondiment
- közönséges tormacondiment
- tormaplant
Icelandic piparrót, piparrót
- piparrótcondiment
- piparrótplant
Irish raidis fhiáin
- raidis fhiáincondiment
Italian rafano, barbaforte
- rafanocondiment
- barbafortecondiment
- crencondiment
- rusticanocondiment
- rafanoplant
- barbaforteplant
- crenplant
Japanese 西洋山葵, ホースラディッシュ
- 西洋山葵 (seiyōwasabi)condiment
- ホースラディッシュ (hōsuradisshu)condiment
- 山葵大根 (wasabidaikon)condiment
- 山山葵 (yamawasabi)condiment
- 西洋山葵 (seiyōwasabi)plant
- ホースラディッシュ (hōsuradisshu)plant
- 山葵大根 (wasabidaikon)plant
- 山山葵 (yamawasabi)plant
Korean 양고추냉이, 서양고추냉이
- 양고추냉이 (yanggochunaeng'i)condiment
- 서양고추냉이 (seoyanggochunaeng'i)plant
- 양고추냉이 (yanggochunaeng'i)plant
Latin armoracia
- armoraciaplant
Latvian mārrutki
- mārrutkicondiment
Lithuanian krienai, kriẽnas
- krienaicondiment
- kriẽnasplant
Norwegian Bokmål pepperrot
- pepperrotplant
Persian ترب کوهی
- ترب کوهی (torob-e kūhī)plant
Polish chrzan, chrzan
- chrzancondiment
- chrzanplant
Portuguese raiz-forte, raiz-forte
- raiz-fortecondiment
- raiz-forteplant
Romanian hrean, hrean
- hreancondiment
- hreanplant
Russian хрен, хрен
- хрен (xren)condiment
- хрен (xren)plant
Slovak chren, chren
- chrencondiment
- chrenplant
Spanish rábano picante, rábano rusticano
- rábano picantecondiment
- rábano rusticanocondiment
- raíz picantecondiment
- rábano picanteplant
- rábano rusticanoplant
- raíz picanteplant
Swedish pepparrot, pepparrot
- pepparrotcondiment
- pepparrotplant
Thai ฮอร์สแรดิช
- ฮอร์สแรดิช (hɔ̂ɔs rɛɛ dìt)condiment
Turkish bayır turpu, acırga
- bayır turpucondiment
- acırgaplant
- bayır turpuplant
Ukrainian хрін, хрін
- хрін (xrin)condiment
- хрін (xrin)plant
Vietnamese cải ngựa, cây cải ngựa
- cải ngựacondiment
- cây cải ngựaplant
Welsh marchruddygl, saws marchruddygl
- marchruddyglcondiment
- saws marchruddyglcondiment
- marchruddyglplant
- rhuddygl poethplant
Yiddish כריין
- כריין (khreyn)plant
Cite this entry
APA
horseradish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horseradish
MLA
“horseradish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horseradish. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horseradish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horseradish.
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