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mung
CIDE DICTIONARY
mung, n. [Hind. m.].
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). [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mung, n. (in full mung bean) a leguminous plant, Phaseolus aureus, native to India and used as food.
Etymology
Hindi mung
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