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adzuki bean
adzuki bean [ ad zki been ] (plural adzuki beans) or aduki bean [ ə dki been ] (plural aduki beans) or azuki bean [ a zki been ] (plural azuki beans)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. sweet bean: a small, slightly sweet, red-brown bean. Use: in vegetarian dishes in Europe and North America, in sweet dishes in East Asian cooking.
2. Asian bean plant: a plant that produces adzuki beans. Latin name Vigna angularis.
[< Japanese azuki 'red bean']
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