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daikon

/ˈdaɪkɒn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.05 in modern English

Syllables
daikon
IPA
/ˈdaɪkɒn/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

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.

noun

Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Japanese 大根 (daikon, “big root”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

daikons (plural)

Phrases

giant daikon jumbo daikon Sakurajima daikon

Synonyms

Chinese radish Chinese white radish daikon radish icicle radish Japanese radish lo bak lo pak long white radish mooli muli moole Oriental radish

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce daikon?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdaɪkɒn/.
What does daikon mean?
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.
Where does daikon come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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