daikon
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Japanese 大根 (daikon, “big root”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]large white radish
Further reading
[edit]References
[edit]- 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
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]daikon
- Synonym of valkoretikka (“daikon”).
Declension
[edit]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. |
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]daikon
Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]daikon m (plural daikons)
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- English terms borrowed from Japanese
- English terms derived from Japanese
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English indeclinable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Radishes
- en:Vegetables
- Finnish terms derived from Japanese
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑikon
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑikon/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Botany
- pt:Radishes