Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An erect or twining East Asian herb (Vigna angularis) of the pea family, having edible sprouts and reddish seeds used as food and to make flour.
  • noun A seed of this plant.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See bean.

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  • noun A variant spelling of azuki bean.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Japanese azuki.]

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