Daikon

Related Terms:

fallow crop south asia red shaped true daikon watermelon radish european radish use carrot subspecies ripper closely takuwan growing sakurajima radish bear turnip radish fast east asia enormous leave galbitang raphanus sativus japanese tillage radish consume primarily such white north america soil large taproot green raphanus raphanistrum subsp sativus particularly usual animal grown japanese radish fodder radish ripper related fodder radish cultivar daikons

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Noun

radish daikon Japanese radish Raphanus sativus longipinnatus

Definition: radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked

Definition: An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of 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.