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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Mung

/(mŭng)/ · IPA /mʌŋ/
01 n. Green gram, a kind of legume (pulse) (Vigna radiata syn. Phaseolus aureus, syn. Phaseolus Mungo), grown for food in British India; called a…
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    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.(Bot.) Also: gram, mung bean, Chinese mung bean, green-seeded mung bean