daikon
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
daikon (plural daikons or 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.
- (Japanese cuisine) The usual Japanese cultivar, Japanese radish.
- 2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), page 188:
- Jiko was washing these big white daikons, and I was cutting them up and salting them and putting them into plastic freezer bags.
- (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
large white radishes (culinary)
- 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
large white radishes (agricultural)
- 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
giant white radishes
related green radishes
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
large white radish
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Further reading
References
- Raphanus sativus at USDA Plants database
- Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus at Plants of the World Online
- Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "mooli, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2002.
Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
daikon
- Synonym of valkoretikka (“daikon”).
Declension
| Inflection of daikon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | daikon | daikonit | |
| genitive | daikonin | daikonien daikoneiden daikoneitten | |
| partitive | daikonia | daikoneita daikoneja | |
| illative | daikoniin | daikoneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | daikon | daikonit | |
| accusative | nom. | daikon | daikonit |
| gen. | daikonin | ||
| genitive | daikonin | daikonien daikoneiden daikoneitten | |
| partitive | daikonia | daikoneita daikoneja | |
| inessive | daikonissa | daikoneissa | |
| elative | daikonista | daikoneista | |
| illative | daikoniin | daikoneihin | |
| adessive | daikonilla | daikoneilla | |
| ablative | daikonilta | daikoneilta | |
| allative | daikonille | daikoneille | |
| essive | daikonina | daikoneina | |
| translative | daikoniksi | daikoneiksi | |
| abessive | daikonitta | daikoneitta | |
| instructive | — | daikonein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Romanization
daikon
Noun
daikon m (plural daikons)
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