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
Also: adzuki bean, adsuki bean
Word origin
adzuki, from Japanese: red bean
Examples of 'adzuki' in a sentence
adzuki
Add the adzuki beans and shallots and fry until the shallots soften.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Lots of pulses, especially kidney beans, adzuki beans and lentils.