vigna radiata

1. 1.

   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 beanmung bean plantPhaseolus aureus

   Broaderlegume

   Part ofVigna

   Partsmung beanmung

Questions about vigna radiata

What does vigna radiata mean?

vigna radiata means "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".

What is another word for vigna radiata?

Close synonyms include mung, mung bean, mung bean plant, Phaseolus aureus. 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 vigna radiata a common word?

vigna radiata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.