adzuki bean

ad·zu·ki bean

A0107800 (ăd-zo͞o′kē) or a·zu·ki bean (ə-zo͞o′-)n.1. 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.2. A seed of this plant.

---

[Japanese azuki.]

ad•zu′ki bean`

(ædˈzu ki)
n. 1. a bushy bean plant, Vigna (Phaseolus) angularis, widely cultivated in Asia. 2. the small, reddish brown edible bean of this plant. [< Japanese azuki]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

adzuki bean - bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seedsadsuki bean, Phaseolus angularis, Vigna angularislegume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosaegenus Vigna, Vigna - genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus