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Watermelon vs Daikon - What's the difference?

watermelon | daikon |

As nouns the difference between watermelon and daikon

is that watermelon is a plant of the species , bearing a melon-like fruit while daikon is (botany) an east asian cultivar or subspecies of radish (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.

watermelon

English

(wikipedia watermelon) (commons)

Noun

  • A plant of the species , bearing a melon-like fruit.
  • The fruit of the watermelon plant, having a green rind and watery flesh that is bright red when ripe and contains black pips.
  • (pejorative, slang) An environmentalist with socialist leanings (from the similarity to the fruit, being green on the outside, and red on the inside).
  • A pinkish-red colour, like that of watermelon flesh.

    • Derived terms

    * watermelon radish

    Anagrams

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    daikon

    English

    (wikipedia daikon)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (botany) An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of radish (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) Particularly, the usual Japanese cultivar, Japanese radish.
  • (biology) Closely]]-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped [[Sakurajima radish, 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 * * Backer * L.H. Bailey * Stokes * Pers. * white radish * fodder radish * forage radish * Japanese radish * oil radish, oilseed radish * radish ripper * * Backer * L.H. Bailey * Stokes * Pers. * tillage radish * white radish (giant white radishes) * See (related green radishes) * beauty heart radish * Chinese radish * Chinese green 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

    References

    * Natural Resources Conservation Service. PLANTS Database. " Plant Fact Sheet: Oilseed Radish, Raphanus sativus L.". United States Dep't of Agriculture, 2012. Accessed 22 June 2014. * Oxford English Dictionary'', 3rd ed. "mooli, ''n. " Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2002. ----