Associations to the word «Daikon»

Wiktionary

DAIKON, noun. An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of radish (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.
DAIKON, noun. (Japanese cuisine) Particularly, the usual Japanese cultivar, Japanese radish.
DAIKON, noun. Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.
DAIKON RADISH, noun. Alternative term for daikon.
DAIKON RADISHES, noun. Plural of daikon radish

Dictionary definition

DAIKON, noun. Radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked.

Wise words

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William Butler Yeats