daikon
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- 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.
- Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.
Pronunciation
/ˈdaɪkɒn/
LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-daikon.wav
Word forms
daikon
daikons
Etymology
From Japanese 大根 (daikon, “big root”).
Synonyms
Chinese radish
Chinese white radish
daikon radish
icicle radish
Japanese radish
lo bak
lo pak
long white radish
mooli
muli
moole
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
fodder radish
forage radish
oil radish
oilseed radish
radish ripper
tillage radish
Sakurajima radish
beauty heart radish
Chinese green radish
Korean radish
red daikon
roseheart radish
shinrimei
shinrimei radish
watermelon radish
Derived words
Translations
Arabic: فِجْل
Arabic: دَايْكُون
Azerbaijani: ağ turp
Azerbaijani: daykon
Azerbaijani: yapon turpu
Azerbaijani: çin turpu
Bengali: মূলা
Catalan: daikon
Catalan: rave blanc
Catalan: rave japonès
Catalan: rave xinès
Catalan: lo bok
Catalan: mooli
Chamorro: daigo
Chinese Cantonese: 蘿蔔 /萝卜
Chinese Cantonese: 白蘿蔔 /白萝卜
Hakka Chinese: 蘿蔔 /萝卜
Chinese: 菜頭 /菜头
Chinese Mandarin: 白蘿蔔 /白萝卜
Chinese Mandarin: 蘿蔔 /萝卜
Chinese Mandarin: 菜頭 /菜头
Xiang Chinese: 水蘿蔔 /水萝卜
Czech: ředkev setá bílá
Czech: daikon
Danish: Kinaradisen
Danish: Japan-Ræddike
Dutch: Daikon
Dutch: witte rammenas
Dutch: winter-radijs
Dutch: Japanse radijs
Dutch: Chinese radijs
Esperanto: dajkono
Finnish: valkoretikka
French: radis blanc
French: radis d'hiver
French: radis chinois
French: daïkon
French: radis japonais
German: Daikon
German: chinesischer Rettich
German: Daikon-Rettich
German: Japanischer Rettich
German: Winterrettich
German: Mooli
Greek: νταϊκόν
Hindi: मूली
Hungarian: daikon
Hungarian: japán retek
Hungarian: kínai retek
Hungarian: jégcsapretek
Indonesian: lobak
Indonesian: daikon
Italian: daikon
Italian: ravanello cinese
Italian: ravanello giapponese
Italian: ravanello invernale
Japanese: 大根
Japanese: 蘿蔔
Khmer: ឆៃថាវ
Korean: 무
Korean: 조선무
Latvian: Japānas redīss
Malay: lobak
Malay: lobak putih
Manchu: ᠮᡠᡵᠰᠠ
Marathi: दाइकोन
Mongolian: цагаан лууван
Mongolian: лууван
Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠯᠤᠤᠪᠠᠩ
Mongolian: ᠯᠤᠤᠪᠠᠩ
Persian: دایکون
Polish: rzodkiew japońska
Polish: daikon
Portuguese: daikon
Russian: дайко́н
Russian: япо́нская ре́дька
Russian: кита́йская ре́дька
Spanish: rábano blanco
Swedish: trädgårdsrättika
Thai: ผักกาดหัว
Turkish: daikon
Turkish: Beyaz Turp
Turkish: Japon turpu
Turkish: Oryantal turp
Turkish: Çin turp
Ukrainian: дайко́н
Ukrainian: япо́нська ре́дька
Ukrainian: кита́йська ре́дька
Urdu: مولی
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