Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
- noun A seed or pod of this plant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The
mung (Vigna radiata ). - noun The bean produced by the
mung .
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- noun the seed of
Vigna radiata which is native to Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Hindi mūṁg, from Sanskrit mudgaḥ.]
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