adzuki

American  

[ad-zoo-kee] / ædˈzu ki /

noun

plural

adzuki

1. adzuki bean.

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adzuki British  

/ əˈduːkɪ, ædˈzuːkɪ /

noun

1. a leguminous plant, Phaseolus angularis, that has yellow flowers and pods containing edible brown seeds; widely cultivated as a food crop in China and Japan

2. the seed of this plant

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Etymology

Origin of adzuki

adzuki, from Japanese: red bean

Example Sentences

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

This luxurious buttermilk-based ice cream is studded with adzuki red beans, which are at once nutty and syrupy.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2021

In a saucepan, boil the adzuki beans for about 20 minutes.

From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2019

Those two reflect a kind of Chinese take on the dish, while the Little Tokyo skews Japanese, with vanilla snow, jasmine milk, adzuki beans, mochi, coconut flakes and green tea ice cream.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2015

I told him yes anyway, I really wanted to make it, so we drove all the way to the Asian supermarket to get adzuki beans and sesame oil.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller