aduki bean
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a small dark red bean
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a seed of various plants that is cooked and eaten. There are many different types of beans, for example kidney beans, soya beans, and green beans.
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a dried bean that you grind (=make into a powder) and use to make drinks such as coffee and cocoa
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a large pale yellow bean that you sometimes buy in a dried form and then cook in water
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a type of fat made from cocoa beans and used in making chocolate, cosmetics, and soap
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a young soya bean, grown mainly in China and Japan and usually cooked with its pod still on
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a round flat seed that you boil before you eat it. You normally buy lentils in dried form.
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a small flat green vegetable with very small seeds inside. It is a type of pea and you can eat its skin.
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peas that are boiled until they are very soft, eaten as a vegetable, especially in northern England
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