mung bean

mung bean
/mung/
1. a plant, Vigna radiata, of the legume family, cultivated for its edible seeds, pods, and young sprouts.
2. the seed or pod of this plant. Also called gram, green gram.
[1905-10; earlier moong < Hindi mug, var. of mug; cf. Pali, Prakrit mugga, Skt mudga]

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