hakurei

English

Etymology

From Japanese はくれい (hakurei).

Noun

hakurei (plural hakureis or hakurei)

1. A type of round, white turnip from Japan.
   • 2009 August 30, Jan Ellen Spiegel, “The Farmers Are Local, the Products Exotic”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Many foods that seem exotic for New England are turning up in small amounts at more and more farms: kohlrabi, hakurei turnips, okra, edamame, Jerusalem artichokes, ground cherries and quince.