adzuki

noun

ad·​zu·​ki ad-ˈzü-kē 

variants or azuki

ä-ˈzü-kē 

: adzuki bean

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Asia was home to adzuki, soybeans, winged beans, mung and urad dal, and Africa produced cowpeas, yard-long beans, pigeon peas, Dolichos lablab beans and black-eyed peas. —Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 14 Mar. 2018

Dismantling capitalism, one adzuki-bean pie at a time, was. —Steve Silberman, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Jan. 2018

Grouper collar was grilled and then braised in a stew of tomatoes, tamarind and tiny homegrown adzuki beans. —Matthew Kronsberg, New York Times, 23 June 2017

Replace the garbanzo beans with black beans, lima beans, adzuki beans, or fava beans. —Laura Grace Weldon, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2010

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Japanese azuki

First Known Use

1727, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing adzuki

• adzuki bean

• adzuki bean