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mung bean

DEFINITIONS OF: mung bean

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n 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:
Phaseolus aureus, Vigna radiata, golden gram, green gram, mung
Type of:
legume, leguminous plant
an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
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