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aduki bean

aduki bean is the alternative form of azuki bean.

Meaning of azuki bean

Noun

azuki bean (plural azuki beans)

  1. An annual vine (Vigna angularis), widely grown throughout East Asia and the Himalayas for its small bean.
    • The Chinese characters for azuki bean [Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & Ohashi], 小豆, means^([sic]) “small bean,” while the kanji characters for soybean, 大豆, mean “big bean.” These characters also reflect the relative importance of these two crops in East Asia, where they are the main legumes in...2005 March 16, chapter 11, in Ram J. Singh, Prem P. Jauhar, editors, Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Grain Legumes, CRC Press, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    red mung bean
  2. A bean of this vine.

Forms of aduki bean

pluraladuki beans

Questions about aduki bean

What is aduki bean the alternative form of?
Aduki bean is the alternative form of azuki bean.

Words near aduki bean in the dictionary

  1. adufes
  2. Aduge
  3. aduice
  4. aduise
  5. aduki
  6. aduki bean
  7. aduki beans
  8. adukis
  9. adularescence
  10. adularescent
  11. adularia

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