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MONGGO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does monggo mean?
• MONGGO (noun)
The noun MONGGO has 2 senses:
1. seed of the mung bean plant; used for food
2. seed of the mung bean plant used for food
Familiarity information: MONGGO used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Seed of the mung bean plant; used for food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
golden gram; green bean; green gram; green soy; mash bean; monggo; moong; mung; mung bean; munggo
Hypernyms ("monggo" is a kind of...):
bean (any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans)
Holonyms ("monggo" is a part of...):
mung; mung bean; mung bean plant; Phaseolus aureus; Vigna radiata (erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm 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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Seed of the mung bean plant used for food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
golden gram; green bean; green gram; green soy; mash bean; monggo; moong; mung; mung bean; munggo
Hypernyms ("monggo" is a kind of...):
bean; edible bean (any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food)
Holonyms ("monggo" is a part of...):
mung; mung bean; mung bean plant; Phaseolus aureus; Vigna radiata (erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm 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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