"edamame" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɛdəˈmɑːmeɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-edamame.wav Forms: edamames [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 枝(えだ)豆(まめ) (edamame, literally “stem beans”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|枝%豆|えだ%まめ|lit=stem beans}} 枝(えだ)豆(まめ) (edamame, literally “stem beans”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} edamame (countable and uncountable, plural edamames)
  1. Fresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Foods Translations (green soybeans): зеле́на со́я (zeléna sója) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 毛豆 (alt: mou⁴ dau⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 毛豆 (máodòu) [neuter] (Chinese Mandarin), edamame (Finnish), edamame [masculine] (French), Edamame [feminine, plural] (German), edamame (Indonesian), edamame [masculine, plural] (Italian), 枝豆 (edamame) (alt: えだまめ) (Japanese), 풋콩 (putkong) (Korean), एदामामे (edāmāme) (Marathi), эдама́ме (edamámɛ) [neuter] (Russian), edamame [masculine] (Spanish), ถั่วแระ (Thai)

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