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azuki bean en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /əˈzu(ː)ki ˈbi(ː)n/

Meanings

1. An annual vine (Vigna angularis), widely grown throughout East Asia and the Himalayas for its small bean.
   • The Chinese characters for azuki bean [Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & Ohashi], 小豆, means^([sic]) “small bean,” while the kanji characters for soybean, 大豆, mean “big bean.” These characters also reflect the relative importance of these two crops in East Asia, where they are the main legumes in people's diets. 2005 March 16, chapter 11, in Ram J. Singh, Prem P. Jauhar, editors, Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Grain Legumes, CRC Press, →ISBN:
2. A bean of this vine.

Forms

Coordinates

soybean

Synonyms

red mung bean

Translations (34)

fr haricot rouge du Japon (bean) · fr haricot azuki (plant) · fi adsukipapu (plant) · es judía adzuki (bean) · vi đậu đỏ (plant) · pl fasola adzuki (plant) · th ถั่วอาซูกิ (bean) · fr haricot azuki (bean) · sv adukiböna (bean) · eo azukio (bean) · wuu 赤豆 (bean) · ja 小豆 (plant) · de Adzukibohne (bean) · es judía adzuki (plant) · sv azukiböna (bean) · es judía azuki (bean) · vi đậu đỏ (bean) · cmn 紅豆 /红豆 (bean) · ja 小豆 (bean) · ko 팥 (bean) · hi लाल मूँग (bean) · yue 紅豆 /红豆 (bean) · bn লাল মুগ (bean) · gu લાલ મગ (bean) · de Adzukibohne (plant) · ms kacang merah (bean) · es judía azuki (plant) · pl fasola adzuki (bean) · mr लाल मूग (bean) · fr haricot rouge du Japon (plant) · eo azukio (plant) · fi adsukipapu (bean) · sv adzukiböna (bean) · sv adzukiböna (plant)