mung_bean_plant (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *mung bean plant*:
NOUN	plant	mung bean plant, mung, mung bean, Vigna radiata, Phaseolus aureus	erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions / regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds

English > *mung bean plant*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions / 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.
Synonyms	mung, mung bean, Vigna radiata, Phaseolus aureus
Member of	Vigna, genus Vigna	genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers
Parts	mung, mung bean, green gram, golden gram, moong, mash bean, munggo, monggo, green soy, green bean	Seed of the mung bean plant
Parts	mung bean, mung, green bean, green gram, golden gram, moong, mash bean, munggo, monggo, green soy	Seed of the mung bean plant used for food
Broader	legume, leguminous plant	An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
Spanish	mung
Catalan	mung

HyperDic: mung_bean_plant