mung bean
Americannoun
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a plant, Vigna radiata, of the legume family, cultivated for its edible seeds, pods, and young sprouts.
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the seed or pod of this plant.
noun
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an E Asian bean plant, Phaseolus aureus, grown for forage and as the source of bean sprouts used in oriental cookery
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the seed of this plant
Etymology
Origin of mung bean
1905–10; earlier moong < Hindi mū̃g, variant of mūg; compare Pali, Prakrit mugga, Sanskrit mudga
Example Sentences
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All types — alfalfa, mung bean, clover and radish — can harbor dangerous bacteria in their seeds, Marler explains.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023
Glass noodles might describe those made with sweet potato or mung bean starches.
From Washington Post • May 24, 2021
They finally determined that a protein from the mung bean, grown mostly in Asia, was the answer.
From Washington Times • Dec. 23, 2019
Dr. Raj, 65, has cooked vegetable curries and biryani, raita, spiced carrot and sprouted mung bean salads and naan or chapati, supplemented with a sweet potato dish with marshmallow, she said, “to add Thanksgiving flavor.”
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2019
The money saved bought a pouch of toasted coconut, one sugary fried dough, two crunchy mung bean cookies.
From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai
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