The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DAIKON which also is the latest solution we found used in Chronicle of Higher Education in 2011.
Literally, "big root" crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DAIKON | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Literally, "big root"
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- daikon
- extirpate
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- bitterroot
- cucumber
- case
- land
- stone
- bashfulness
- close
- letter
- rankle
Crossword Answer definitions
DAIKON noun- An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. 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.
- Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.
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