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Raredaikon
The correct spelling is daikon.
How to pronounce daikon
noun
IPA: /ˈdaɪkɒn/
Say it like: Day-kon
The correct spelling is daikon. An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout Ea…
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noun
- 1.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.
- 2.Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.
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