Horseradish or horseradish sauce is a sauce made from horseradish. It is often eaten with roast beef. a plant whose root has a very strong hot taste. Hardy perennial plant (Armoracia lapathifolia) of the mustard family, native to Mediterranean lands and grown throughout the temperate zones. Its hotly pungent, fleshy root is used as a condiment and is traditionally considered medicinal. In many cool, moist areas it has become a troublesome weed. The plant bears small white flowers, small oblong pods, and large, coarse, glossy-green basal leaves arising on long stems from the crown atop the large white root
Long, coarse-looking root whose intense heat nearly vanishes during cooking Fresh horseradish is simply grated; "prepared" horseradish is combined with vinegar and sold in jars (red horseradish is colored with beet juice) Used mostly as a condiment
The pungent root of the horseradish tree Used in sauces and as a condiment to meat and fish Horseradish has been used since long before Christian times; it is one of the five bitter herbs of the Jewish Passover festival
Armoracia, allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine
grated horseradish root coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning
A relish made from the grated, pungent spicy root of the horseradish plant Horseradish is served as a condiment with fish and meat dishes
the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning
The name may have come from an English adaptation of its German name In early times the plant grew wild in European coastal areas; the Germans called it meerrettich, or sea radish The German word meer sounds like mare in English