adzuki bean

American  

[ad-zoo-kee been, ‐-soo‐] / ædˈzu ki ˌbin, ‐ˈsu‐ /

Also azuki bean

Rarely adsuki bean

noun

1. a bushy plant, Vigna (Phaseolus ) angularis, widely cultivated in Asia.

2. the edible bean of this plant, from which a flour is made.

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Etymology

Origin of adzuki bean

From Japanese azuki, earlier aduki

Example Sentences

The namesake matcha is grassy and bitter, but not too bitter, and pairs well with the optional glob of sweet adzuki bean you can add to the taiyaki cones.

From Seattle Times

There are also breakfast pies, and mini sweet pies; adzuki bean, chocolate and custard.

From Seattle Times

That type of snide comment went out of date in 2002 when the co-op started selling red meat and beer, kryptonite for the mung and adzuki bean set.

From New York Times

I sipped tea and nibbled at a natane-kinton, an ivory and green haystack-shaped creation that hid a cinnamon-colored orb of adzuki bean paste.

From New York Times

At Christina’s, Nathaniel could read almost all the flavors on the board: adzuki bean, black raspberry, burnt sugar, chocolate banana, chocolate orange, cardamom.

From The New Yorker