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red cole

red cole

9.9
A plant with a thick white spicy root used to make a hot sauce
  • noun
translation icon : rábano picante
  • Freshly grated red cole adds a spicy kick to roasted meats.

Examples

  • She grew red cole in her garden to make homemade condiments.

  • The pungent aroma of red cole filled the kitchen as he prepared the sauce.

  • The chef added some red cole to the sauce.

  • I bought red coles at the farmer's market.

  • Freshly grated red cole adds a spicy kick to roasted meats.

  • She grew red cole in her garden to make homemade condiments.

  • The pungent aroma of red cole filled the kitchen as he prepared the sauce.

Synonyms

horseradish
vsred cole
16 3.9

A plant with a thick white root that is grated to add spice to food

focuses on the plant itself and cultivation rather than its use as food
Armoracia rusticana
vsred cole
  • Specialized
9.8

A plant with a thick white root used to make spicy horseradish

is the everyday common name rather than the scientific form

Surface Forms

red cole singular
red coles plural

Morphology

red + cole

The combination 'red' + 'cole' does signal a plant-type (since 'cole' = cabbage), so learners would infer a colored or varietal plant, but the specific referent 'horseradish' — a pungent white-rooted species rather than a cabbage — is not derivable from the parts. The relation is therefore partial (plant + colour/type) but the precise, somewhat archaic/specialized meaning is unpredictable to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Red cole may come from old farmers' talk: they used cole for cabbage-like garden plants and the strong root would make cheeks go red when people grated it. So the name stuck for the white, very 'spicy' root we now call horseradish.