DAIKON

radish, daikon, Japanese radish, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus

(noun) radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

daikon (plural daikons or daikon)

An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of 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.

(Japanese cuisine) The usual Japanese cultivar, Japanese radish.

Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.

Usage notes

Daikon is the most common name in all forms of English, but historical ties to South Asia permit mooli as a general synonym in British English. Other synonyms usually vary by region, so that daikon is sometimes taken to refer specifically to the usual Japanese form; similarly, the term radish may be used, with the regional variety implied by context. In addition, the plant is most often grown in North America for animal fodder or other uses rather than human consumption, producing a third set of synonyms that are almost never encountered in culinary contexts.

Synonyms

• Chinese radish

• Chinese white radish

• daikon radish

• icicle radish

• Japanese radish

• lo bak, lo pak

• long white radish

• mooli, muli, moole

• Oriental radish, oriental radish

• 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

• Japanese radish

• oil radish, oilseed radish

• radish ripper

• 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.

• tillage radish

• white radish

• See Sakurajima radish

• beauty heart radish

• Chinese radish

• Chinese green radish

• Korean radish

• lo bak, lo pak

• Oriental radish, oriental radish

• red daikon

• roseheart radish

• shinrimei, shinrimei radish

• watermelon radish

Hyponyms

• Korean radish

• lo bak

• Sakurajima radish

• true daikon, fodder radish

• watermelon radish

Source: Wiktionary

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