(from Japanese daikon (大根), literally "large root")'s the Japanese name for a mild-flavored, very large, white, East Asian radish. Despite being known most commonly by its Japanese name, it didn't originate in Japan, but rather in continental Asia. The radish's also known by other names, including winter, Japanese, or Chinese radish; mooli in Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, and Bihari; Mula in Assamese, Marathi and Bengali; moolah in Nepali; moorro in Gujarati; moollangi in Tamil and Telugu… (More on Daikon)