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edamame

/ˌɛdəˈmɑːmeɪ/

edamame noun: fresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable.

edamame: fresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable
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Noun

edamame (countable and uncountable, plural edamames)

  1. Fresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable.
    • When Americans started eating more sushi in the 1980s, edamame also became more popular. More than 95 percent of the edamame consumed in the US comes from China, but domestic production of the edible green soybean is on the rise.2019, Karman Meyer, Eat to Sleep, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 81

edamame meaning in Marathi, Indonesian and Thai

edamame in Marathi

green soybeans
एदामामे edāmāme

edamame in Indonesian

green soybeans
edamame

edamame in Thai

green soybeans
ถั่วแระ

Forms of edamame

pluraledamames

Origin of edamame

Borrowed from Japanese 枝(えだ)豆(まめ) (edamame, literally “stem beans”).

Questions about edamame

What does edamame mean?
Edamame means fresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable.
What is edamame in Marathi?
Edamame in Marathi is एदामामे (edāmāme). See Edamame meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is edamame?
Edamame is a noun.
How do you pronounce edamame?
Edamame is pronounced /ˌɛdəˈmɑːmeɪ/.
What is the plural of edamame?
The plural of edamame is edamames.

Words near edamame in the dictionary

  1. Edale
  2. Edam
  3. Edam cheese
  4. Edam cheeses
  5. Edam-Volendam
  6. edamame
  7. edamames
  8. EDAMS
  9. EDANA
  10. edaph-
  11. edaphic

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