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daikon
- /ˈdaɪkɒn/
Rhymes with -aɪkɒn
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From Japanese 大根 (daikon, “big root”).
noun daikons · 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.
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Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.
Similar: beauty heart radish, Chinese green radish, Chinese radish, Korean radish, lo bak, lo pak, Oriental radish, oriental radish, red daikon, roseheart radish, shinrimei, shinrimei radish
Similar: 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, oil radish, oilseed radish, radish ripper, tillage radish, Sakurajima radish
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noun
Similar: 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, oil radish, oilseed radish, radish ripper, tillage radish, Sakurajima radish
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noun large white radish
| Español | rábano blanco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 무 mu, 조선무 joseonmu |
| 日本語 | 大根 daikon, 蘿蔔 rafuku |
| 中文 | 白蘿蔔 /白萝卜 báiluóbo, 蘿蔔 /萝卜 luóbo |
| हिन्दी | मूली mūlī |
| Português | daikon |
| Français | radis blanc, radis d'hiver, radis chinois, daïkon, radis japonais |
| Deutsch | Daikon, chinesischer Rettich, Daikon-Rettich, Japanischer Rettich, Winterrettich, Mooli |
| Italiano | daikon, ravanello cinese, ravanello giapponese, ravanello invernale |
| Ελληνικά | νταϊκόν ntaïkón |
| Русский | дайко́н dajkón, япо́нская ре́дька japónskaja rédʹka, кита́йская ре́дька kitájskaja rédʹka |
| Tiếng Việt | củ cải trắng |
| العربية | فِجْل fijl, دَايْكُون dāykūn |
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title = {daikon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/daikon},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
