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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


Synonymsgolden gram, green gram, mung, Phaseolus aureus, Vigna radiata


Broader (hypernym)legume, leguminous plant


Member meronymgenus Vigna, Vigna









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