mung bean
[ muhng ]
/ mʌŋ /
noun
a plant, Vigna radiata, of the legume family, cultivated for its edible seeds, pods, and young sprouts.
the seed or pod of this plant.
Also called
gram,
green gram.
Origin of mung bean
1905–10; earlier
moong < Hindi
mū̃g, variant of
mūg; compare Pali, Prakrit
mugga, Sanskrit
mudga
Words nearby mung bean
British Dictionary definitions for green gram
mung bean
/ (mʌŋ) /
noun
an E Asian bean plant, Phaseolus aureus, grown for forage and as the source of bean sprouts used in oriental cookery
the seed of this plant
Word Origin for mung bean
C20
mung, changed from
mungo, from Tamil
mūngu, ultimately from Sanskrit
mudga