mung bean
/ˈmʌŋ ˌbiːn/
mung bean noun: seed of Vigna radiata, native to South Asia.
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Noun
mung bean (plural mung beans)
- Seed of Vigna radiata, native to South Asia.
- Synonyms:
- matpe bean, mung, mongo, moong, mash, maash, mash bean, munggo, monggo, green gram
mung bean meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mung bean in Hindi
- seed of Vigna radiata
- मूँग mūṅg
mung bean in Tamil
- seed of Vigna radiata
- பாசிப் பயறு pācip payaṟu, பாசிப்பயிறு pācippayiṟu, பச்சைப் பயறு paccaip payaṟu, சிறுபயறு ciṟupayaṟu
mung bean in Marathi
- seed of Vigna radiata
- मूग mūg
mung bean in Urdu
- seed of Vigna radiata
- مونگ mūṅg
More languagesFewer languages
- mung bean in Bengali
- মুগ mug
- mung bean in Telugu
- పెసలు pesalu
- mung bean in Malayalam
- ചെറുപയർ ceṟupayaṟ
- mung bean in Kannada
- ಹೆಸರು ಕಾಳು hesaru kāḷu
- mung bean in Punjabi
- ਮੂੰਗੀ mūṅgī
- mung bean in Gujarati
- મગ mag
- mung bean in Odia
- ମୁଗ muga
- mung bean in Sanskrit
- मूर्ख mūrkha
- mung bean in Sinhala
- මුංඇට muṁæṭa
- mung bean in Assamese
- মগু mogu
- mung bean in Nepali
- मुगी mugī
- mung bean in Tagalog
- munggo, balatong
- mung bean in Arabic
- مَاش māš
- mung bean in Malay
- kacang hijau
- mung bean in Indonesian
- kacang hijau
- mung bean in Persian
- ماش mâš
- mung bean in Thai
- ถั่วเขียว tùua-kǐao
- mung bean in Vietnamese
- đậu xanh
- mung bean in Myanmar
- ပဲတီစိမ်း pai:ticim:, ပဲတီ pai:ti, ပဲနောက် pai:nauk
- Dhivehi
- ނޫމުގު nūmugu
Synonyms of mung bean
- matpe bean
- mung
- mongo
- moong
- mash
- maash
- mash bean
- munggo
- monggo
- green gram
2 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of mung bean
| plural | mung beans |
|---|---|
| alternative form | moong bean |
| alternative Philippines | mongo bean |
| alternative Philippines | mungo bean |
Origin of mung bean
From Sanskrit मुद्ग (mudga, “mung bean”), via Hindi.
Words formed from mung bean
Questions about mung bean
- What does mung bean mean?
- Mung bean means seed of Vigna radiata, native to South Asia.
- What is mung bean in Hindi?
- Mung bean in Hindi is मूँग (mūṅg). See Mung bean meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mung bean?
- Mung bean is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mung bean?
- Mung bean is pronounced /ˈmʌŋ ˌbiːn/.
- What is the plural of mung bean?
- The plural of mung bean is mung beans.
Words near mung bean in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mung bean (page history and authors); মগু (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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