adzuki
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 小豆 (azuki, literally “small bean”). In Japanese, it was historically pronounced /aduki/, but /du/ eventually transformed into /zu/, and was variously romanized as "dzu" and "zu" (compare kudzu).
Noun
adzuki (plural adzukis)
- Either the plant or the seed of the azuki bean.
- Synonyms: azuki, adzuki bean, azuki bean
- 2003, Carla Emery, The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 9th edition, →ISBN, page 289:
- Adzukis need 118 days to start bearing.
Translations
azuki bean — see azuki bean
Further reading
adzuki bean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
adzuki m (Cyrillic spelling адзуки)
- azuki bean
- Synonym: azuki