adzuki

English

Alternative forms

• azuki

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 小豆(あずき) (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)

1. Either the plant or the seed of the azuki bean.

   Synonyms: azuki, adzuki bean, azuki bean

   • 2003, Carla Emery, The Encyclopedia of Country Living‎^[1], 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)

1. azuki bean

   Synonym: azuki