mung bean

1. 1.

   seed of the mung bean plant; used for food

   Synonymsmunggreen gramgolden grammoongmash beanmunggomonggogreen soygreen bean

   Broaderbean

   Part ofmung
2. 2.

   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

   Synonymsmungmung bean plantVigna radiataPhaseolus aureus

   Broaderlegume

   Part ofVigna

   Partsmung beanmung
3. 3.

   seed of the mung bean plant used for food

   Synonymsmunggreen beangreen gramgolden grammoongmash beanmunggomonggogreen soy

   Broaderbean

   Part ofmung

Questions about mung bean

What does mung bean mean?

mung bean means "seed of the mung bean plant; used for food". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for mung bean?

Close synonyms include mung, green gram, golden gram, moong, mash bean. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mung bean a common word?

mung bean is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.