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red bean

red bean noun: the azuki bean (Vigna angularis), most common in East Asia.

Noun

red bean (countable and uncountable, plural red beans)

  1. (countable) The azuki bean (Vigna angularis), most common in East Asia.
  2. (countable) The rice bean (Vigna umbellata).
  3. (countable) Any of various red varieties of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), including the kidney bean, Honduran red bean, and Salvadoran red bean.
  4. (uncountable) A paste made of azuki beans.
    • China’s dragon-boat festival ensures fishermen’s safety through consumption of meat, lotus seed (Nelumbo spp., Nelumbonaceae), date, water chestnut (Trapa spp., Trapaceae), and zongzi, which are glutinous-rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves (Poaceae) and filled with red bean (Luard...2009, Nina Lilian Etkin, Foods of Association: Biocultural Perspectives on Foods and Beverages that Mediate Sociability, Tucson, Ariz.: The University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 135
    • Freshly made red bean treats hot from the griddle are popular here: crispy-hot snapper-shaped taiyaki cakes filled with red bean; dorayaki (red bean sandwiched between two hand-held, pancake-esque cakes); the famous ningyōyaki (doll-shaped bite-sized red bean cakes traditional to the old...2018, Eat Like a Local TOKYO, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 26
    Synonyms:
    anko

red bean meaning in Tamil

red bean in Tamil

சிவப்புமொச்சை, செம்பொன் அவரை, சேலிரு, இடும்போகம், செவ்வவரை

Examples of red bean in a sentence

  • She knows I like the ones filled with custard rather than red bean, so I’m grateful she got my favorites.2018, Peter Tieryas, Mecha Samurai Empire, New York, N.Y.: Ace, →ISBN:
  • Buns filled with sweet custard, buns filled with red bean, savory buns with spinach and minced meat, sticky rice and pork belly wrapped in bamboo leaves and tied with string.2022, Weike Wang, Joan Is Okay, New York, N.Y.: Random House, published 2023, →ISBN, page 164:
  • And the Japanese version is made with red bean instead of chocolate or custard.2022, Carla de Guzman, Some Bali to Love, Midnight Books:

Synonyms of red bean

Forms of red bean

pluralred beans

Words formed from red bean

Words that rhyme with red bean

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Questions about red bean

What does red bean mean?
Red bean means the azuki bean (Vigna angularis), most common in East Asia.
What is red bean in Tamil?
Red bean in Tamil is சிவப்புமொச்சை, செம்பொன் அவரை, சேலிரு. See Red bean meaning in Tamil.
How do you use red bean in a sentence?
She knows I like the ones filled with custard rather than red bean, so I’m grateful she got my favorites.
What part of speech is red bean?
Red bean is a noun.
What is the plural of red bean?
The plural of red bean is red beans.

Words near red bean in the dictionary

  1. red bay
  2. red bayberries
  3. red bayberry
  4. red bays
  5. Red Beach
  6. red bean
  7. red bean paste
  8. red bean pastes
  9. red bean porridge
  10. red bean soup
  11. red bean soups

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