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 • Jul. 28, 2021

Taiyaki is a popular Japanese waffle that’s shaped like a “tai” — Japanese for sea bream — and traditionally filled with adzuki bean paste.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2021

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 • Apr. 26, 2010

We ended up with more of the chewy exterior than the adzuki bean filling, so I took the extra dduk and made it long and stringy.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

Jomon sites often contain remains of edible plants that are native to Japan as wild species but are also grown as crops today, including adzuki bean, mung bean, and barnyard millet.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond