mung bean
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mung bean /mʌŋ, muːŋ/
▶noun
- 1 a small round green bean grown in the tropics.
- 2 the plant that produces mung beans, chiefly grown as a source of bean sprouts. [Vigna radiata.]
– origin C19: from Hindi mūng.
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