adzuki

Alternative forms

• adzuki bean

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 小豆 (azuki). In Japanese, it was historically pronounced /aduki/, but /du/ eventually transformed into /zu/, and was variously romanized as "dzu" and "zu".

Noun

adzuki (plural adzukis)

1. Either the plant or the seed of the azuki bean
   • 2003, Carla Emery, The Encyclopedia of Country Living‎, 9th ed. edition, →ISBN, page 289:

     Adzukis need 118 days to start bearing.

Noun

adzuki m (Cyrillic spelling адзуки)

1. azuki bean