daikon
An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish bearing a large, white,…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.
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» 2. Cut the daikon into long sticks.
2. Schneiden Sie den Rettich in lange Streifen. — Wauzl
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3 sensesAn 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.
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)The usual Japanese cultivar, Japanese radish.
Daikon, chinesischer Rettich, Daikon-Rettich
дайко́нdajkón, япо́нская ре́дькаjapónskaja rédʹka, кита́йская ре́дькаkitájskaja rédʹka
дайко́нdajkón, япо́нська ре́дькаjapónsʹka rédʹka, кита́йська ре́дькаkytájsʹka rédʹka
Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.
- radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked
Examples
4 sentences2. Cut the daikon into long sticks.
de2. Schneiden Sie den Rettich in lange Streifen. — Wauzl
Daikon might be more expensive than the carrots.
Cut the daikon radish and carrot into quarter slices and cut the other vegetables into bite-size pieces.
I heard daikon skins can be used when cooking, but I'm worried about pesticides, so I usually throw them out.
Translations
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Origin
From Japanese 大根 (daikon, “big root”).From Japanese 大根 (daikon, “big root”).
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Forms
plural: daikons / daikonSynonyms
35 synonyms- radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked:radishJapanese radishRaphanus sativus longipinnatus
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.