đậu trắng

Mẹ ngâm đậu trắng trong một cái bát lớn.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • White bean: A general term for beans or legumes that are white in color. This can refer to several varieties, such as white kidney beans (cannellini), navy beans, or great northern beans.
   • White cowpea / white black-eyed pea: In a Vietnamese context, "đậu trắng" often specifically refers to a variety of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) with white seeds, similar to a black-eyed pea but without the black spot.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Mẹ tôi thường nấu chè với đậu trắng. (My mother often makes sweet soup with white beans.)
  • Đậu trắng hầm với sườn heo rất ngon. (White beans stewed with pork ribs are delicious.)
  • Nông dân trồng đậu trắng trên cánh đồng. (Farmers grow white cowpeas in the field.)

Advanced Usage

• Botanical Context: The term can be used in botanical or agricultural descriptions to specify the seed color of a legume plant.
  • Giống đậu trắng này có khả năng chịu hạn tốt. (This variety of white cowpea has good drought tolerance.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đậu đen (n): black bean.
• Đậu đỏ (n): red bean (azuki bean).
• Đậu xanh (n): mung bean.
• Đậu phộng (n): peanut.
• Đậu Hà Lan (n): pea.

Synonyms

• White legume: A general term for edible white seeds from legume plants.
• White cowpea: Specifically for the white-seeded variety of .

Related Terms

• Hạt đậu (n): bean seed, legume seed.
• Cây họ đậu (n): legume plant.