daikon en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈdaɪkɒn/
Etymology
From Japanese 大根 (daikon, “big root”).
Meanings
- 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.
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(Japanese) 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:
- Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| daikons | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| daikon | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Sakurajima daikon · jumbo daikon · giant daikon
Hyponyms
lo bak · Korean radish · fodder radish · true daikon · watermelon radish · Sakurajima radish
Synonyms
white radish · red daikon (related green radishes) · mooli · Chinese white radish · Chinese radish · Oriental radish · lo pak (related green radishes) · oriental radish · Oriental radish (related green radishes) · shinrimei (related green radishes) · icicle radish · Korean radish (related green radishes) · fodder radish · Chinese radish (related green radishes) · Chinese green radish (related green radishes) · Japanese radish · radish ripper · Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus L.H. Bailey · Raphanus sativus var. oleifera Stokes · lo bak · lo bak (related green radishes) · Raphanus sativus var. hortensis Backer · roseheart radish (related green radishes) · shinrimei radish (related green radishes) · lo pak · daikon radish · tillage radish · long white radish · Raphanus sativus subsp. Oleiferus · Sakurajima radish · watermelon radish (related green radishes) · oil radish · Raphanus sativus var. oleiformis Pers. · beauty heart radish (related green radishes) · moole · muli · oilseed radish · oriental radish (related green radishes) · forage radish
Translations (92)
de Daikon-Rettich (large white radish) · ar دَايْكُون (large white radish) · th ผักกาดหัว (large white radish) · it ravanello invernale (large white radish) · hi मूली (large white radish) · ko 조선무 (large white radish) · hsn 水蘿蔔 /水萝卜 (large white radish) · cs ředkev setá bílá (large white radish) · de Daikon (large white radish) · cmn 白蘿蔔 /白萝卜 (large white radish) · da Kinaradisen (large white radish) · mr दाइकोन (large white radish) · ca rave xinès (large white radish) · cs daikon (large white radish) · nl witte rammenas (large white radish) · uk япо́нська ре́дька (large white radish) · de chinesischer Rettich (large white radish) · it ravanello cinese (large white radish) · lv Japānas redīss (large white radish) · it ravanello giapponese (large white radish) · tr Çin turp (large white radish) · cmn 蘿蔔 /萝卜 (large white radish) · de Japanischer Rettich (large white radish) · fi valkoretikka (large white radish) · hu daikon (large white radish) · id lobak (large white radish) · tr Japon turpu (large white radish) · uk кита́йська ре́дька (large white radish) · fa دایکون (large white radish) · id daikon (large white radish) · ca daikon (large white radish) · tr Beyaz Turp (large white radish) · mn лууван (large white radish) · ca rave blanc (large white radish) · pl rzodkiew japońska (large white radish) · ru кита́йская ре́дька (large white radish) · mn ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠯᠤᠤᠪᠠᠩ (large white radish) · nl Japanse radijs (large white radish) · nl Daikon (large white radish) · nl winter-radijs (large white radish) · bn মূলা (large white radish) · eo dajkono (large white radish) · pt daikon (large white radish) · ko 무 (large white radish) · hu kínai retek (large white radish) · yue 蘿蔔 /萝卜 (large white radish) · sv trädgårdsrättika (large white radish) · az çin turpu (large white radish) · nl Chinese radijs (large white radish) · hu jégcsapretek (large white radish) · ar فِجْل (large white radish) · tr Oryantal turp (large white radish) · ca lo bok (large white radish) · nan-hbl 菜頭 /菜头 (large white radish) · ms lobak (large white radish) · az ağ turp (large white radish) · mn цагаан лууван (large white radish) · fr radis japonais (large white radish) · de Winterrettich (large white radish) · az yapon turpu (large white radish) · es rábano blanco (large white radish) · cmn 菜頭 /菜头 (large white radish) · ch daigo (large white radish) · bg дайко́н (large white radish) · uk дайко́н (large white radish) · pon daikong (large white radish) · ur مولی (large white radish) · ca rave japonès (large white radish) · fr daïkon (large white radish) · mn ᠯᠤᠤᠪᠠᠩ (large white radish) · it daikon (large white radish) · ms lobak putih (large white radish) · pl daikon (large white radish) · el νταϊκόν (large white radish) · ca mooli (large white radish) · tr daikon (large white radish) · ru дайко́н (large white radish) · az daykon (large white radish) · hu japán retek (large white radish) · yue 白蘿蔔 /白萝卜 (large white radish) · ru япо́нская ре́дька (large white radish) · fr radis d'hiver (large white radish) · ja 大根 (large white radish) · vi củ cải trắng (large white radish) · ja 蘿蔔 (large white radish) · fr radis chinois (large white radish) · mnc ᠮᡠᡵᠰᠠ (large white radish) · fr radis blanc (large white radish) · da Japan-Ræddike (large white radish) · de Mooli (large white radish) · hak 蘿蔔 /萝卜 (large white radish) · km ឆៃថាវ (large white radish)