: a large long hard white radish used especially in Asian cuisine
also
: a plant (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) whose root is a daikon
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It was introduced to Japan by Portuguese missionaries in the mid-16th century, but the Japanese put their own twist on the dish by adding a special dipping sauce: a blend of soy sauce and dashi that’s often enhanced by grated daikon.
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Yukari Sakamoto, AFAR Media, 12 June 2025
Participants toss the ingredients — shredded vegetables like carrots, daikon radish, yams, cucumber and pickled ginger, along with raw fish — with chopsticks as high as possible while expressing good wishes for the new year.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 19 June 2025
One solution for this is to grow daikon radishes or other plants with long tap roots.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2025
Tomas Saldaña never ate the pastries, filled with flavorful daikon radish, in his native Mexico.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
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Yukari Sakamoto, AFAR Media, 12 June 2025
Participants toss the ingredients — shredded vegetables like carrots, daikon radish, yams, cucumber and pickled ginger, along with raw fish — with chopsticks as high as possible while expressing good wishes for the new year.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 19 June 2025
One solution for this is to grow daikon radishes or other plants with long tap roots.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2025
Tomas Saldaña never ate the pastries, filled with flavorful daikon radish, in his native Mexico.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for daikon
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“Daikon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daikon. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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