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azuki beans

azuki beans is the plural 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.

Questions about azuki beans

What is azuki beans the plural of?
Azuki beans is the plural of azuki bean.

Words near azuki beans in the dictionary

  1. Azucena
  2. Azucenas
  3. Azuga
  4. azuki
  5. azuki bean
  6. azuki beans
  7. azulejo
  8. azulejos
  9. azulene
  10. azulenes
  11. azulenoid

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