adzuki

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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.

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

adzuki m inan (Cyrillic spelling адзуки)

  1. azuki bean
    Synonym: azuki
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