mung bean

[ muhng ]

noun
  1. a plant, Vigna radiata, of the legume family, cultivated for its edible seeds, pods, and young sprouts.

  2. the seed or pod of this plant.

Origin of mung bean

1
1905–10; earlier moong<Hindi mū̃g, variant of mūg; compare Pali, Prakrit mugga,Sanskrit mudga
  • Also called gram, green gram.

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mung bean

/ (mʌŋ) /


noun
  1. an E Asian bean plant, Phaseolus aureus, grown for forage and as the source of bean sprouts used in oriental cookery

  2. the seed of this plant

Origin of mung bean

1
C20 mung, changed from mungo, from Tamil mūngu, ultimately from Sanskrit mudga

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