Sentence:  Radishes were something new for me. The first time I tried growing for seed, I was surprised by the shape of the pods; they looked like hot peppers. Being the curious type I nibbled on a few pods and found they were delicious when still in the immature stage. I thought I had discovered something novel when, lo and behold, I found out that radishes grown in India just for their pods—a variety called Rat-Tail <WSD>radish</WSD>—for many years. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  With a distinguishing word: some other plant of the "Raphanus" genus or Brassicaceae family.