adzuki bean

noun

variants or azuki bean

: an annual bushy leguminous plant (Vigna angularis synonym Phaseolus angularis) widely grown in Japan and China for its seeds which are used as food and to produce a flour

also : its seed

Examples of adzuki bean in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The label has a thing for natural dyes: pants stained with persimmon tannin, yellow ochre and sumi ink, shirts colored with mugwort and adzuki beans. —Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026

But there is one ingredient doing a bit of gentle exfoliation: adzuki bean seed powder. —Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 22 Apr. 2026

In addition to being high in protein, adzuki beans are extraordinarily high in potassium, providing 610 milligrams (mg) per half-cup serving. —Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 13 Mar. 2026

Key Ingredients: Stone crop, rice, adzuki bean flour How to Use: Pour a small amount of product into your palm and add a few drops of water, then mix until the formula transforms into the foam. —Emily Orofino, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined above

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