mung bean

mung bean  (mng)

n.

1. An Asian plant (Vigna radiata) in the pea family, widely cultivated for its edible seeds and pods. It is the chief source of bean sprouts.

2. The seeds or pods of this plant.

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[Hindi mg, from Sanskrit mudga.]

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mung bean [mʌŋ]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an E Asian bean plant, Phaseolus aureus, grown for forage and as the source of bean sprouts used in oriental cookery

2. (Cookery) the seed of this plant

[C20 mung, changed from mungo, from Tamil mūngu, ultimately from Sanskrit mudga]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mung bean - erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus golden gram, green gram, mung, Phaseolus aureus, Vigna radiata legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae genus Vigna, Vigna - genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus