ADZUKI BEAN

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Meaning:

Bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds

Synonyms:

adsuki bean; adzuki bean; Phaseolus angularis; Vigna angularis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("adzuki bean" is a kind of...):

legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)

Holonyms ("adzuki bean" is a member of...):

genus Vigna; Vigna (genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus)

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