adzuki

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of adzuki¹

adzuki, from Japanese: red bean

Example Sentences

The little pieces of art are created from ingredients like sticky rice or adzuki beans pounded into paste.

From New York Times

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 Literature

We ended up with more of the chewy exterior than the adzuki bean filling, so I took the extra dduk and made it long and stringy.

From Literature

Meanwhile, we’ll try to make good use of the hefty cast-iron mold in our kitchen cabinets along with a stock of adzuki beans and canned paste.

From Seattle Times

The recipe can be adapted to other kinds of cooked beans, including black-eyed peas and Adzuki beans.

From Washington Post