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edamame

edamame

4 4.2
Young green soybeans usually boiled or steamed and eaten as a snack
  • noun
  • /ˌɛdəˈmɑːmeɪ/
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  • I spruced up the salad with cranberries, turkey, and shelled edamame and really enjoyed it.
  • edamame soybeans
  • edamame cup
  • frozen edamame

Some people react to edamame beans or soy milk or tofu, which is plant and which contains that same structural protein.

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Examples

  • Thanks too for introducing us to edamame succotash.

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  • They taste like edamame or green peas when they are green and are at their highest protein state then.

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  • OK, I'm eating my edamame and then I have the peel.

  • An order of burgers, edamame, and corn

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  • It's a bowl of steamed and salted edamame and life is good.

  • Surprisingly, I do very well at sushi restaurants, thanks to edamame, seaweed salad, and veggie rolls.

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  • So for lunch we have a quinoa and edamame soybean salad or a Mexican style rice and avocado salad.

  • At age 3, she is a much more adventurous eater and will gladly eat carrots, broccoli, edamame, and tomato soup.

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  • I want to get Wagyu taquitos, some edamame, some tuna sashimi and salmon sashimi, and then Wagyu steak.

  • I enjoyed a bowl of perfectly steamed edamame sprinkled with salt as a healthy snack.

Synonyms

green soybean
vsedamame
2.8

A small green bean that you boil or steam and eat from the pod

is served mainly as a small snack or starter after steaming or boiling

How Mature

soybean
  • US
57 1.8
edamame
4 4.2
bean sprout
4 1.8

Surface Forms

edamame singular
edamames plural

Etymology

Edamame comes from Japanese parts eda 'branch' and mame 'bean', literally 'beans on a branch'. That image helps you remember that edamame are young green soybeans usually served in their pods.