Daikon
/ˈdaɪkɒn/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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.
- 2 radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked wordnet
- 3 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. Japanese
"Jiko was washing these big white daikons, and I was cutting them up and salting them and putting them into plastic freezer bags."
- 4 Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.
Example
More examples"2. Cut the daikon into long sticks."
Etymology
From Japanese 大根 (daikon, “big root”).