Definition of "edamame"

edamame

/ˌɛdəˈmɑːmeɪ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural edamames
1. Fresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable.
  Quotations
  When Americans started eating more sushi in the 1980s, edamame also became more popular. More than 95 percent of the edamame consumed in the US comes from China, but domestic production of the edible green soybean is on the rise.
  2019, Karman Meyer, Eat to Sleep, Adams Media, page 81