WordNet
n. coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root [syn: horseradish, red cole, Armoracia rusticana]
Usage examples of "horse radish".
For Oskar must give the devil his due: his Kassler Rippchen with sauerkraut, his pork kidneys in mustard sauce, his Wiener Schnitzel, and, above all, his carp with cream and horse radish, were splendid to look upon and delectable to smell and taste.
He mentions this plant as an illustration of the old idea of 'Antipathies,' saying: 'Divers thinke that this Horse Radish is an enimie to Vines, and that the hatred between them is so great, that if the rootes heerof be planted neere to the vine, it bendeth backward from it as not willing to have fellowship with it.
Instead of his usual regimen: one quail egg and half a gill of buttermilk, he commanded a joint of roast beef with horse radish and suet pudding, a suckling pig fresh from the spit surrounded by roast cinnamon apples, a pot of pigeon stew and three gallons of good red wine.
Bob faced facts and though he felt mournful and deserted, reminded of mortality, he quickly scooped up Midas's golden remains with a ladle and slipped the rigid corpse into an empty horse radish jar.