mung

noun

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 Phaseolus

   noun.plant

   Synonyms golden gram green gram mung bean phaseolus aureus vigna radiata

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. Green gram, a kind of pulse (<i>Phaseolus Mungo</i>), grown for food in British India.

   noun

   Source: webster1913