daikon
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of daikon
1890–95; < Japanese < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese dà big + gēn root
Vocabulary lists containing daikon
Example Sentences
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During the competition, she won a cold food challenge when she made a dish of chilled chicken with licorice-forward soba, cucumber and daikon.
From Salon • May 30, 2025
One minute you’re dicing daikon, the next you look up and it’s midnight.
From Salon • May 23, 2025
The carrots and daikon are on the sweet side, contrasting nicely with the copious amounts of sliced jalapeño and a heavy thatch of cilantro.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024
They added their customers’ favorites to the menu and encouraged staff members to add their own dishes, such as oroshi soba — buckwheat noodles topped with dashi, grated daikon, green onions and seaweed.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023
To keep the fall crop of daikon from freezing during the cold months, North Koreans sometimes bury them in mounds.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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