English > Phaseolus aureus: 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. |
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| Synonyms | mung, mung bean, mung bean plant, Vigna radiata |
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| Member of | Vigna, genus Vigna | genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers |
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| Parts | mung, mung bean, green gram, golden gram, moong, mash bean, munggo, monggo, green soy, green bean | Seed of the mung bean plant |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | mung |
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| Catalan | mung |
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