Mung \Mung\ (m[u^]ng), n. [Hind. m[=u]ng.]
(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).
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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