MUNG BEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mung bean mean? 

• MUNG BEAN (noun)
  The noun MUNG BEAN has 3 senses:

1. seed of the mung bean plant; used for food

2. 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

3. seed of the mung bean plant used for food

  Familiarity information: MUNG BEAN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUNG BEAN (noun)

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 ("mung bean" is a kind of...):

bean (any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans)

Holonyms ("mung bean" 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:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

mung; mung bean; mung bean plant; Phaseolus aureus; Vigna radiata

Hypernyms ("mung bean" is a kind of...):

legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)

Meronyms (parts of "mung bean"):

golden gram; green bean; green gram; green soy; mash bean; monggo; moong; mung; mung bean; munggo (seed of the mung bean plant used for food)

golden gram; green bean; green gram; green soy; mash bean; monggo; moong; mung; mung bean; munggo (seed of the mung bean plant; used for food)

Holonyms ("mung bean" is a member of...):

genus Vigna; Vigna (genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus)

Sense 3

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 ("mung bean" is a kind of...):

bean; edible bean (any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food)

Holonyms ("mung bean" 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)

 Context examples 

Mung bean may have anticancer effects.

(Mung bean, NCI Dictionary)