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green gram

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  • noun A bean from the seed of Vigna radiata, which is native to Bangladesh and India.

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  • noun 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

Etymologies

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From Hindi.

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synonyms (5)

Words with the same meaning

  1. golden gram
  2. green bean
  3. green soy
  4. mash bean
  5. mung bean

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. legume
  2. leguminous plant

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  • hernesheir commented on the word green gram

    Another name for the mung bean.

    August 27, 2009