mung bean plant

Noun (1)

1. 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 PhaseolusSynonyms: mungmung beanVigna radiataPhaseolus aureusType of legume, leguminous plantParts mung bean, mungMember of Vigna, genus Vigna