daikon
/ˈdaɪkɒn/
daikon noun: an East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.
Noun
daikon (plural daikons or daikon)
- An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.
- The usual Japanese cultivar, Japanese radish.
- Jiko was washing these big white daikons, and I was cutting them up and salting them and putting them into plastic freezer bags.2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), page 188
- The usual Japanese cultivar, Japanese radish.
- Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.
daikon meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
daikon in Hindi
- large white radish
- मूली mūlī
daikon in Marathi
- large white radish
- दाइकोन dāikon
daikon in Urdu
- large white radish
- مولی molī
daikon in Bengali
- large white radish
- মূলা mula
More languagesFewer languages
- daikon in Arabic
- فِجْل fijl, دَايْكُون dāykūn
- daikon in Malay
- lobak, lobak putih
- daikon in Indonesian
- lobak, daikon
- daikon in Persian
- دایکون
- daikon in Thai
- ผักกาดหัว
- daikon in Vietnamese
- củ cải trắng
Synonyms of daikon
- beauty heart radish
- Chinese green radish
- Chinese radish
- Korean radish
- lo bak
- lo pak
- Oriental radish
- red daikon
- roseheart radish
- shinrimei
23 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- shinrimei radish
- watermelon radish
- Chinese white radish
- daikon radish
- icicle radish
- Japanese radish
- long white radish
- mooli
- muli
- moole
- Raphanus sativus subsp. Oleiferus
- Raphanus sativus var. hortensis Backer
- Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus L.H. Bailey
- Raphanus sativus var. oleifera Stokes
- Raphanus sativus var. oleiformis Pers.
- white radish
- fodder radish
- forage radish
- oil radish
- oilseed radish
- radish ripper
- tillage radish
- Sakurajima radish
Forms of daikon
| plural | daikons |
|---|---|
| plural | daikon |
Origin of daikon
From Japanese 大根 (daikon, “big root”).
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Words that rhyme with daikon
Questions about daikon
- What does daikon mean?
- Daikon means an East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.
- What is daikon in Hindi?
- Daikon in Hindi is मूली (mūlī). See Daikon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is daikon?
- Daikon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce daikon?
- Daikon is pronounced /ˈdaɪkɒn/.
- What is the plural of daikon?
- The plural of daikon is daikons.
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