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adzuki

adzuki noun: either the plant or the seed of the azuki bean.

Noun

adzuki (plural adzukis)

  1. Either the plant or the seed of the azuki bean.
    • Adzukis need 118 days to start bearing.2003, Carla Emery, The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 9th edition, →ISBN, page 289

Synonyms of adzuki

Forms of adzuki

pluraladzukis
alternative formazuki

Origin of adzuki

Borrowed from Japanese 小豆(あずき) (azuki, literally “small bean”). In Japanese, it was historically pronounced /aduki/, but /du/ eventually transformed into /zu/, and was variously romanized as "dzu" and "zu" (compare kudzu).

Phrases with adzuki

Questions about adzuki

What does adzuki mean?
Adzuki means either the plant or the seed of the azuki bean.
What part of speech is adzuki?
Adzuki is a noun.
What is the plural of adzuki?
The plural of adzuki is adzukis.

Words near adzuki in the dictionary

  1. adzine
  2. adzines
  3. adzing
  4. adzlike
  5. adzooks
  6. adzuki
  7. adzuki bean
  8. adzuki beans
  9. adzukis
  10. Adâncata
  11. adæquacies

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