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mung bean — Mung Mung (m[u^]ng), n. [Hind. m[=u]ng.] (Bot.) Green gram, a kind of legume (pulse) ({Vigna radiata} syn. {Phaseolus aureus}, syn. {Phaseolus Mungo}), grown for food in British India; called also {gram}, {mung bean}, {Chinese mung bean}, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mung bean — (m[u^]ng b[=e]n ), n. The {mung} ({Vigna radiata}). [PJC] 2. The bean produced by the {mung}. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mung bean — [muŋ] n. [mung, short for mungo < Tamil mūṅgu < Hindi mug < Sans mudga] an annual bean (Vigna radiata) of the pea family grown for green manure and forage, and as a source of bean sprouts … English World dictionary
mung bean — [ mʌŋ ,bin ] noun count a small round green bean, usually used for producing a bean sprout … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mung bean — [ˌmʌŋ ˈbi:n] n [>C, usually plural] [Date: 1800 1900; : Hindi; Origin: mug] a small green bean, usually eaten as a ↑beansprout … Dictionary of contemporary English
mung bean — mung′ bean [[t]mʌŋ[/t]] n. 1) bot (boi pln) a plant, Vigna radiata, of the legume family, cultivated for its edible seeds, pods, and young sprouts 2) bot (boi pln) the seed or pod of this plant • Etymology: 1905–10; earlier moong < Hindi mūg,… … From formal English to slang
Mung bean — Not to be confused with green bean (French bean). Mung bean Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
mung bean — UK [ˈmʌŋ ˌbiːn] / US [ˈmʌŋ ˌbɪn] noun [countable] Word forms mung bean : singular mung bean plural mung beans a small round green bean, usually used for producing a bean sprout … English dictionary
mung bean — A type of bean grown in warm climates, usually for its seed and for bean sprouts. Mung bean may have anticancer effects … English dictionary of cancer terms
mung-bean — spindulinė pupuolė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių šeimos daržovinis, maistinis, pašarinis, vaistinis augalas (Vigna radiata), kilęs iš Azijos. atitikmenys: lot. Phaseolus aureus; Phaseolus radiatus; Vigna radiata; Vigna radiata var … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
Mung bean nuclease — is a nuclease derived from mung beans that removes nucleotides in a step wise manner from single stranded DNA molecules and is used to remove such ssDNA from a mixture also containing double stranded DNA (dsDNA). § Mungbean Nuclease is a… … Wikipedia
