azuki bean
/əˈzu(ː)ki ˈbi(ː)n/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.53 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An annual vine (Vigna angularis), widely grown throughout East Asia and the Himalayas for its small bean.
Example Sentences
- "The Chinese characters for azuki bean [Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & Ohashi], 小豆, means^([sic]) “small bean,” while the kanji characters for soybean, 大豆, mean “big bean.” These characters also reflect the relative importance of these two crops in East Asia, where they are the main legumes in people's diets."