mung

Examples

• All

• And this right here, this is my spiced mung bean winter casserole.

  Almost Christmas (2016)

• The stir-fry included fresh mung bean sprouts and a variety of vegetables.

• Maybe you guys both learned what mung beans were.

• Well, these are mung beans and gobo root.

  Nim's Island (2008)

• And then organic mung beans, organic soybeans.

• Rinse and soak the mung beans in water for 3-4 hours.

  Blog text (12)

• Also called jeon or buchimgae, bindaetteok is a Korean pancake commonly made of ground mung beans.

  Blog text (15)

• Less frequently, it is cooked with fish, beef sirloin, mung bean vermicelli, bean curd, and so on, and it is occasionally used in soup.

  Academic text (2001)

• For dinner, we had a delicious salad with cooked mung beans and dressing.

• In the recipe book, I found a great dish that uses mung beans as the main ingredient.

Synonyms

M

mung bean

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2 3.4

A small green bean from Asia that people cook or grow into sprouts

focuses on the seed as food especially in Asian culinary use

G

green bean

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• Indian

1 1.0

A small round seed used in Asian cooking, often dried or soaked

emphasizes Asian culinary use rather than broad culinary use

G

green gram

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• Indian

5.6

A small edible bean used in Asian cooking

is the same seed concept but labeled with a different name

M

munggo

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• Philippine

9.9

A small green seed used in Filipino and other Asian cooking

is the general Asian cooking name rather than this regional label

G

green soy

vsmung

• Indian

3.5

A seed from the mung bean plant used for food

highlights Asian cuisine use rather than a general food reference

G

golden gram

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• Indian

7.1

A small green seed from the mung bean plant that is eaten or sprouted

adds the idea of small green seed especially used in Asian cooking

M

mash bean

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• Indian

5.4

A small green bean from the mung plant that people eat

specifies the seed is small, green, and used especially in Asian cuisine

Compounds

M

mung bean

2 3.4

A small green bean from Asia that people cook or grow into sprouts

M

mung bean plant

3.2

A bushy plant grown in warm places for edible seeds and bean sprouts

Surface Forms

Etymology