Lexic.us

Definition of Japanese radish

1. Noun. Radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanese Radish

Literary usage of Japanese radish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Japan as it was and is by Richard Hildreth (1905)
"Their conductors frequently stopped at the villages to rest, or to drink tea * " The japanese radish,' Hays ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"It is supposed that the japanese radish is derived from one aboriginal form of R. sativus which is native of China and Japan, and that the European radishes ..."

3. Japan and the Japanese: From the Most Authentic and Reliable Sources by Talbot Watts (1852)
"The japanese radish is, in the form and taste, very different from ours ; it is thin, and extremely long, ..."

4. Hildreth's "Japan as it was and Is": A Handbook of Old Japan by Richard Hildreth, Ernest Wilson Clement (1906)
"They were always conducted first to the front of the house of the officer in 1 "The japanese radish," says ..."

5. Memoirs of a Captivity in Japan, During the Years 1811, 1812, and 1813: With by Vasiliĭ Mikhaĭlovich Golovnin, Petr Ivanovich Rikord, Aleksandr Semenovich Shishkov (1824)
"The japanese radish is, in the form and taste, very different from ours ; it is thin, and extremely long, ..."

6. My Japanese Year by Thomas Henry Sanders (1915)
"They are made from the japanese radish, dried and painted; and when dropped into water they open out prettily into flowers, leaves and other objects. ..."

7. Japan and Her People by Anna C. Hartshorne (1904)
"... they feel towards it as foreigners do to daikon, the huge japanese radish, which grows two feet long and has flavor and scent in proportion. ..."

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