adzuki bean

adzuki bean
/ad zooh"kee/
1. a bushy plant, Vigna (Phaseolus) angularis, widely cultivated in Asia.
2. the edible bean of this plant, from which a flour is made.
[ < Japn azuki, earlier aduki]

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  • adzuki bean — or azuki bean noun Date: 1795 an annual bushy leguminous plant (Vigna angularis syn. Phaseolus angularis) widely grown in Japan and China for its seeds which are used as food and to produce a flour; also its seed …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • adzuki — [əd zu:ki] (also aduki) noun (plural adzukis) 1》 a small, round dark red edible bean. 2》 the bushy Asian plant which produces adzuki beans. [Vigna angularis.] Origin C18: from Japanese azuki …   English new terms dictionary

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