munggo
- noun
- /ˈmʌŋɡoʊ/
- Philippine
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munggo
- She cooked a delicious stew using munggo and vegetables for dinner.
Examples
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The market sells both dried munggo and already-sprouted beans.
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In the Philippines, munggo is often eaten on Fridays as a meat substitute.
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I love munggo soup!
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Try munggo!
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In the Philippines, munggo is often eaten on Fridays as a meat substitute.
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She cooked a delicious stew using munggo and vegetables for dinner.
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The market sells both dried munggo and already-sprouted beans.
Synonyms
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7.3
A small green seed used for food in Asian cooking
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3.4
A small green bean from Asia that people cook or grow into sprouts
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A small round seed used in Asian cooking, often dried or soaked
A small edible bean used in Asian cooking
A seed from the mung bean plant used for food
A small green bean from the mung plant that people eat
A small green seed from the mung bean plant that is eaten or sprouted
A bushy plant that grows in warm countries and produces edible mung beans and bean sprouts
A small green bean people grow for food and often use for bean sprouts
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word munggo is the Filipino name for the mung bean and comes from old Asian words like the Hindi moong and an old Indian word mudga. So, it simply names the small green seed used in many Filipino dishes.