GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Mung (mŭng), n. [Hind. mūng.] (Bot.) Green gram, a kind of legume (pulse) (Vigna radiata syn. Phaseolus aureus, syn. Phaseolus Mungo), grown for food in British India; called also gram, mung bean, Chinese mung bean, and green-seeded mung bean.  It is an erect, bushy annual producing edible green or yellow seeds, and edible pods and young sprouts.  Balfour (Cyc. of India).
   
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   Mung bean (mŭngˈ bēnˌ), n.  The mung (Vigna radiata).
   
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   2. The bean produced by the mung.
   
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