Definitions
Etymologies
- Japanese (Wiktionary)
- Japanese : eda, twig, branch + mame, bean. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Heston seems to think that peas and soya beans which I call edamame beans are sufficient, but the customers want rice and the customers are always right.”
“Plant estrogens in edamame, or fresh soy bean pods, may not harm breast cancer survivors, a new study finds”
“Whenever I dine at a Japanese restaurant, edamame is always an item I order.”
“Young green soybeans are called edamame and are sold fresh and frozen.”
“(Yes, edamame is a fancy name for the beans of a soy plant!)”
“Rows of goodies included dark chocolate with caramel and pecans ($3.49), chocolate almond clusters ($4.99), dark chocolate-covered ginger ($4.49) and dark chocolate edamame, the Japanese word for soybeans, ($3.29).”
“To get the anti-cancer benefits of soy, you need to consume about 50 grams per day of the whole food, such as raw fresh soybeans, known as edamame, dry roasted soybeans or tofu.”
“A Japanese variety known as edamame (pronounced ed-ah-Mah-meh) are handpicked and squeezed from fuzzy pods that grow on stalks.”
“In this volume of OISHINBO, Yamaoka and Kurita investigate classic Izakaya foods such as edamame and yakitori, devise new dishes to add to the menu of an old shop, and discover how the concept of “play” is essential to the enjoyment of food.”
“Soy products, such as edamame and tempeh, but with the possible exception of the candy bars, deliver big on protein, and have minerals to burn.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘edamame’.
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recent new scrabble words
these came into effect from 2011
abitur, abiturs, abscisic, achar, achars, acquis, addings, aerobot, aerobots, aguna, agunah, agunot and 1465 more...
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Additional 250 Spelling Words
Words for the diehard intermediate and advanced spellers
facetiae, sagittary, anthophilous, hydromancy, pandect, carillonneur, tabbouleh, litterateur, windgall, pinguid, tressure, moderne and 238 more...
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Butter Beans and Snaps
List of as many pea and bean varieties as I can cook up - mostly common names.
field peas, butter beans, snap peas, lima beans, crowder peas, haricots verts, string bean, green bean, pole bean, navy bean, white acre peas, zipper pea and 186 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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vegan
vegan food list of basic vegan food or types of vegan food you've had and liked.
( food, cuisine, eating, health, vegan, vegetarian, animal rights, anti-cruelty, cruelty free, conscio...tofu, hummus, falafel, cookie, soy, nuts, fruit, burrito, veggie burger, soy cheese, rice, pasta and 57 more...
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Hummus
Ingredients, variations, folklore, things (and people) to eat it with, etc.
hommus, tahini, lemon juice, sweet paprika, hummus, celery stick, mushroom, bagel, ruzuzu, salt, olive, garlic and 41 more...
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Gas-Inducing Foodstuffs
Foods that produce flatulence. List title a shameless filching of a fortuitous phrase yarb introduced in his definition of scotch egg. I know everyone has a few foods they avoid at certain times ...
scotch egg, cabbage, chili beans, garbanzo beans, chickpeas, hummus, pickled eggs, rutabaga, radish, jerusalem artichoke, brussels sprouts, cauliflower and 42 more...
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Gaw
Words for things both tangible and anthropic. I'm in the process of spinning off hardware into ute, and people into oofy.
cum-twang, naumachia, yngling, juggernaught, bliss ninny, iliac crest, moistened bint, slumlord, spondoolies, classy lady, charnel house, electrodoméstico and 334 more...
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Sweet Smoke of Rhetoric
The ones with which I flavor my speech, and the ones I love to find peppered in literature.
perspicacious, acerbic, vituperation, loquacious, castigate, vitriolic, scintillating, provenance, frolic, attendant, pursuant, epistemology and 313 more...
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Interesting Foods
smelt, sprat, caviar, sushi, papadum, garlic naan, injera, doro wat, miso, pho, edamame, tataki and 170 more...
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NihonGoose's Words
colander, doily, nacre, mandible, carapace, glutinous, penumbral, skein, mollify, colloquial, sanguine, chagrin and 118 more...
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danallison's Words
polysemy, self-reliance, savor, amenities, vintage, proverbial, colloquial, assemblage, ubiquitous, jocular, prosaic, perambulation and 443 more...
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Exotic Tastes
Interesting words related to food, ingredients, dishes, cookery, cuisines and so on. Exotic in this case is entirely subjective, with funkelberries on top.
tatty, neep, flummery, babaganoush, tahini, samphire, loblolly, scrumpy, fressen, luwak, duxelle, edamame and 213 more...
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precious
coin, waiflike, zoo, captain, difference, diet, automagical, olive, noanoa, dusk, cookie, monday and 221 more...
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ateolf's list
albescent, orthogonal, logorrhea, raincoat, tautology, horace, rhythm, cunt, hexadecimal, wound, flan, nintendo and 6 more...
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foods and spices
ratatouille, lemon chiffon, mocha, frappuccino, cocoa, croissant, oregano, coriander, tortellini, edamame, marzipan, cannoli and 32 more...
Tweets
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yarb I love edamame. The way I was taught is to shell it with your tongue and the roof of your mouth, and just let the beans drop. Nov 21, 2007
uselessness And it's so tasty too! Nov 21, 2007
bilby If you just love shelling peas and can't get your fix, edamame will save the day. Nov 20, 2007