mung bean

noun

: an erect bushy annual bean (Vigna radiata synonym Phaseolus aureus) that is widely cultivated in warm regions for its edible usually green or yellow seeds, for forage, and as the chief source of bean sprouts
also : its seed

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Adzuki, or the red mung bean, has more fiber than many other varieties, while fava beans are packed with the antioxidant lutein. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024 Adzuki Beans Adzuki beans, or red mung beans, are widely used in Asian cooking. Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 14 Oct. 2024 Once again, Gan links inner with outer artfully, lacing silky mung bean paste with bursts of lychee fruit and dustings of rose petal fragments. Ingu Chen, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024 Some producers add mung beans or mung bean flour to edamame pasta. 3. Johna Burdeos, Health, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mung bean 

Word History

Etymology

Hindi & Urdu mū̃g, from Sanskrit mudga

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mung bean was in 1910

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“Mung bean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mung%20bean. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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