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  • noun A bean from the seed of Vigna radiata, which is native to Bangladesh and India.

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  • noun 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

Etymologies

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From Hindi.

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  • Another name for the mung bean.

    August 27, 2009