Added 9 October 2026
daikon
/ˈdaɪkɒn/ noun
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- 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.
- The usual Japanese cultivar, Japanese radish.
- Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.
Origin
From Japanese 大根 (daikon, “big root”).
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