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1. (n.) mung bean
a plant, Vigna radiata, of the legume family, cultivated for its edible seeds, pods, and young sprouts.
2. mung bean
the seed or pod of this plant.
Etymology: (1905–10; earlier moong < Hindi m&umacrtilde;g, var. of mūg; cf. Pali, Prakrit mugga, Skt mudga)
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1. (noun) mung, mung bean, green gram, golden gram, Vigna radiata, Phaseolus aureus
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
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