English noun: mung bean | |||
1. | mung bean (plant) 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 | ||
Synonyms | golden gram, green gram, mung, Phaseolus aureus, Vigna radiata | ||
Broader (hypernym) | legume, leguminous plant | ||
Member meronym | genus Vigna, Vigna | ||