mung

/məŋ/
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Other forms: mungs

Definitions of mung
  1. noun
    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 bean
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    type of:
    legume, leguminous plant
    an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
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