# daikon
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdaɪkɒn/

### Noun

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

#### Usage notes

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

* 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
* 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
* See Sakurajima radish
* beauty heart radish
* Chinese green radish
* Chinese radish
* Korean radish
* lo bak, lo pak
* Oriental radish, oriental radish
* red daikon
* roseheart radish
* shinrimei, shinrimei radish
* watermelon radish

#### Hyponyms

* Korean radish
* lo bak
* Sakurajima radish
* true daikon, fodder radish
* watermelon radish

#### Derived terms

* giant daikon
* jumbo daikon
* Sakurajima daikon

#### Further reading

* daikon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### References

* 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

* nodiak

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Japanese 大根 (daikon).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɑi̯kon/, [ˈdɑ̝i̯ko̞n]
* Rhymes: -ɑikon
* Hyphenation: dai‧kon

### Noun

daikon
* Synonym of valkoretikka (“daikon”).

#### Declension

Possessive forms of daikon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
daikonini
daikonini
accusative
nom.
daikonini
daikonini
gen.
daikonini
genitive
daikonini
daikonieni daikoneideni daikoneitteni
partitive
daikoniani
daikoneitani daikonejani
inessive
daikonissani
daikoneissani
elative
daikonistani
daikoneistani
illative
daikoniini
daikoneihini
adessive
daikonillani
daikoneillani
ablative
daikoniltani
daikoneiltani
allative
daikonilleni
daikoneilleni
essive
daikoninani
daikoneinani
translative
daikonikseni
daikoneikseni
abessive
daikonittani
daikoneittani
instructive
comitative
—daikoneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
daikonisi
daikonisi
accusative
nom.
daikonisi
daikonisi
gen.
daikonisi
genitive
daikonisi
daikoniesi daikoneidesi daikoneittesi
partitive
daikoniasi
daikoneitasi daikonejasi
inessive
daikonissasi
daikoneissasi
elative
daikonistasi
daikoneistasi
illative
daikoniisi
daikoneihisi
adessive
daikonillasi
daikoneillasi
ablative
daikoniltasi
daikoneiltasi
allative
daikonillesi
daikoneillesi
essive
daikoninasi
daikoneinasi
translative
daikoniksesi
daikoneiksesi
abessive
daikonittasi
daikoneittasi
instructive
comitative
—daikoneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
daikonimme
daikonimme
accusative
nom.
daikonimme
daikonimme
gen.
daikonimme
genitive
daikonimme
daikoniemme daikoneidemme daikoneittemme
partitive
daikoniamme
daikoneitamme daikonejamme
inessive
daikonissamme
daikoneissamme
elative
daikonistamme
daikoneistamme
illative
daikoniimme
daikoneihimme
adessive
daikonillamme
daikoneillamme
ablative
daikoniltamme
daikoneiltamme
allative
daikonillemme
daikoneillemme
essive
daikoninamme
daikoneinamme
translative
daikoniksemme
daikoneiksemme
abessive
daikonittamme
daikoneittamme
instructive
comitative
—daikoneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
daikoninne
daikoninne
accusative
nom.
daikoninne
daikoninne
gen.
daikoninne
genitive
daikoninne
daikonienne daikoneidenne daikoneittenne
partitive
daikonianne
daikoneitanne daikonejanne
inessive
daikonissanne
daikoneissanne
elative
daikonistanne
daikoneistanne
illative
daikoniinne
daikoneihinne
adessive
daikonillanne
daikoneillanne
ablative
daikoniltanne
daikoneiltanne
allative
daikonillenne
daikoneillenne
essive
daikoninanne
daikoneinanne
translative
daikoniksenne
daikoneiksenne
abessive
daikonittanne
daikoneittanne
instructive
comitative
—daikoneinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
daikoninsa
daikoninsa
accusative
nom.
daikoninsa
daikoninsa
gen.
daikoninsa
genitive
daikoninsa
daikoniensa daikoneidensa daikoneittensa
partitive
daikoniaan daikoniansa
daikoneitaan daikonejaan daikoneitansa daikonejansa
inessive
daikonissaan daikonissansa
daikoneissaan daikoneissansa
elative
daikonistaan daikonistansa
daikoneistaan daikoneistansa
illative
daikoniinsa
daikoneihinsa
adessive
daikonillaan daikonillansa
daikoneillaan daikoneillansa
ablative
daikoniltaan daikoniltansa
daikoneiltaan daikoneiltansa
allative
daikonilleen daikonillensa
daikoneilleen daikoneillensa
essive
daikoninaan daikoninansa
daikoneinaan daikoneinansa
translative
daikonikseen daikoniksensa
daikoneikseen daikoneiksensa
abessive
daikonittaan daikonittansa
daikoneittaan daikoneittansa
instructive
comitative
—daikoneineen daikoneinensa :

## Japanese
### Romanization

daikon
* Rōmaji transcription of だいこん

## Portuguese
### Noun

daikon m (plural daikons)
* (botany) daikon (a large East Asian radish cultivar)