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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In just a weekend in Seoul, you can hike fortress walls, bike along the Han River and taste mung bean pancakes at a covered market.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2022
Layer the ingredients in the mold: ½ cup rice, 2 tablespoons mung beans, 1 piece pork belly, 1 tablespoon fried shallot, 2 tablespoons mung bean and ½ cup rice to top it off.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2022
They finally determined that a protein from the mung bean, grown mostly in Asia, was the answer.
From Washington Times • Dec. 23, 2019
Whatever you decide for your meal, finish the visit with tau suan, sweet mung bean soup.
From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2019
Like a mung bean my body stretched up toward the great grow lamp in the sky, and my case was even more significant because I continued to grow in the dark.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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