daikon
noun/ˈdaɪkɒn/
Etymology From Japanese 大根 (daikon, “big root”).
1
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.
3
Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.
- Synonyms
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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, beauty heart radish, Chinese green radish, Korean radish, red daikon, roseheart radish, shinrimei, shinrimei radish, watermelon radish- Derived terms
- giant daikon, jumbo daikon, Sakurajima daikon