Where does “đậu xương rồng” come from?

đậu xương rồng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đậu, from Vietnamese đậu phụ, from Chinese 豆腐 — tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical...

đậu xương rồng (Vietnamese): asparagus pea, Manila bean, winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus)

Definitions

  1. asparagus pea, Manila bean, winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus)

Ancestry of “đậu xương rồng”, step by step

đậu xương rồng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đậu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđậubean; nut; to park
2Vietnameseđậu phụtofu
3Chinese豆腐tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical...

via Vietnamese [[xương]] [[rồng]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamese[[xương]] [[rồng]]
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