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Definition of Mung bean
1. 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.
Generic synonyms: Legume, Leguminous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Vigna, Vigna
Definition of Mung bean
1. Noun. the seed of Vigna radiata which is native to Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mung Bean
Literary usage of Mung bean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"mung bean (Phaseolus aureus). — The mung bean is native to southern Asia. ...
In these countries the mung bean is grown mainly for the seed which is an ..."
2. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"mung bean (Phaseolus aureus). — The mung bean is native to southern Asia. ...
In these countries the mung bean is grown mainly for the seed which is an ..."
3. Gene Expression in Horticultural Crops: Bibliography January 1991-October 1992 by Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"shoots or mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) hypocotyls. ... In mung bean hypocotyls,
aminooxyacetic acid, a potent inhibitor of ACC ..."
4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1907)
"mung bean. From United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, India, July 8, ... mung bean.
From Nagpur, Central Provinces, India, 1903. ..."
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