noun
definition
A type of small bean.
definition
The mung bean, cultivated for its sprouts, Vigna radiata or Phaseolus aureus.
Examples of mung in a Sentence
Mung beans are an excellent source of vital nutrients.
Mung dal is held to have a balancing effect on all three doshas.
The pulses mung, urd and moth are grown generally in the autumn alone, or in combination with millets; and gram, alone or in combination with wheat and barley, is an important spring crop. Sugar-cane, indigo, poppy and tobacco are locally important; and a little tea is grown in the submontane districts of Almora Garhwal and Dehra Dun.
Mung dal is yellow split beans made by splitting green mung beans and discarding the green husk.
Other crops grown include groundnuts, cowpeas, mung beans, and corn.
This kit comes with alfalfa, radish, broccoli and mustard seeds, as well as mung bean.
The most popular type of sprouting seeds and beans are alfalfa, buckwheat, mung beans, green peas, soybeans, pinto beans, sunflowers and radishes.
Many common seeds such as alfalfa or mung are easy to find, but others like broccoli sprouts or radish sprouts might be a bit more difficult to procure.