空豆

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	豆
そら Grade: 1	まめ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
蚕豆

Etymology

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Noun

空(そら)豆(まめ) or 空豆(ソラマメ) • (soramame)

broad bean (Vicia faba)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ソラマメ (soramame).

Synonyms

野(の)良(ら)豆(まめ) (noramame), 夏(なつ)豆(まめ) (natsumame), 天(てん)豆(まめ) (tenmame), 四(し)月(がつ)豆(まめ) (shigatsumame), 高(コ)野(ヤ)豆(マメ) (koyamame), 唐(とう)豆(まめ) (tōmame)