daikon in Chinese
daikon in Chinese is 白萝卜 — daikon means 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.
daikon in Chinese
What does "daikon" mean?
- noun 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.
- noun The usual Japanese cultivar, Japanese radish.
- noun Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.
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What is "daikon" in Chinese?
"daikon" in Chinese is 白萝卜. daikon means: 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.
How do you pronounce 白萝卜?
"daikon" in Chinese is 白萝卜, pronounced "bái luó bo".