Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Either the plant or the seed of the azuki bean
Etymologies
- From Japanese 小豆 (azuki). In Japanese, it was historically /aduki/. /du/ eventually transformed into /zu/, while variously romanized as "dzu" an "zu". See azuki. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Vegan bakeries have evolved into fast-growing businesses, racking up sales of moist flax-seed cakes, soy-butter cookies and fudgy brownies one secret: adzuki beans.”
The Wall Street Journal: Is That Cupcake Vegan or Just Butter- and Egg-Free?
“Today, she uses some legumes in recipes—adzuki beans make her brownies "fudgy" she says—but tempers their inclusion with a pinch of baking soda.”
The Wall Street Journal: Is That Cupcake Vegan or Just Butter- and Egg-Free?
“We tried the chocolate-coated custard-filled donut, and the adzuki bean-filled donut rolled in sugar … both very, very good.”
Tokyo, Japan: Meiji Shrine, Harajuku, Yoyogi Park, and Kaiten Sushi
“From the Chinese buns, to the Japanese adzuki bean paste, and in the Caribbean we make habichuelas con dulce, which is like a dessert bean soup.”
“He is also a little sweeter and something about the adzuki bean (V. angularis) makes you feel like celebrating.”
“• Top a green salad with a colorful mix of beans, like lima, chickpeas, and adzuki.”
“I also added rice bran and adzuki bean powder as an exfoliant (my favorite exfoliants).”
“Many Japanese seem to make a fuss over the inability of foreigners to eat anko, a sweet bean paste usually made from adzuki beans, which I have never had a problem with.”
“•Top a green salad with a colorful mix of beans, like lima, chickpeas, and adzuki.”
“Moon cakes are traditionally given out as gifts to family and friends, and are stuffed with adzuki bean paste.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘adzuki’.
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Gesundheit
Words that sound like sneezes
zucchini, zoology, wysiwyg, woodchuck, withhold, wichita, vacuum, twelfth, syzygy, synchronous, swatch, supersede and 120 more...
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Beanfest
Beans!
borlotti, bean caper, chick pea, green, vanilla, adzuki, black, butter, climbing, jumping, string, fava and 10 more...
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I love you for your sound
loquacious, bumble, klaxon, rhythmicity, lexicon, ghastly, liquidation, labradorescence, springtide, foist, Herculean, cankerblossom and 77 more...
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