ALL meanings of daikon
dai·kon
D d - noun daikon a Japanese radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) having a long, white root that is eaten raw or cooked 3
- noun daikon a large, elongated, white winter radish, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus, used especially in Asian cuisine and sometimes pickled. 1
- noun daikon A radish of a variety with a large slender white root that is typically eaten cooked, especially in Eastern cuisine, and is also used for fodder. 1
- noun daikon 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. 0
- noun daikon (Japanese cuisine) Particularly, the usual Japanese cultivar, Japanese radish. 0
- noun daikon Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish. 0