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Daikon, e.g (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

root

(Other definitions for root that I've seen before include "Turn up with the snout." , "Basic cause or origin" , "radical" , "Origin - stem" , "Rummage for plant base" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.
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