▪ I. mung, moong
(mʌŋ, muːŋ)
[Hindī mūng.]
Either of two legumes, native to India, the seeds of which are an important food: (a) Phaseolus mungo; also, the fibre of this plant, of which mats are made; (b) in full mung bean, Phaseolus aureus.
| 1800 Misc. Tracts in Asiat. Ann. Reg. 299/1 The stalks of the Oord are hispid in a less degree than those of the Moong. 1866 Livingstone Last Jrnls. (1873) I. ii. 34 A large basket of soroko, or, as they call it in India, ‘mung’. 1868 B. H. Powell Handbk. Econ. Products of Punjab I. 239/1 Másh, m{uacu}ng and channa (gram), are the pulses most in use. 19.. Mod. Trade List, Moong mats. 1884 tr. A. de Candolle's Orig. Cultivated Plants v. 346 Green Gram or M{uacu}ng—.. A species commonly cultivated in India and in the Nile Valley. 1916 C. J. Bamber Plants of Punjab 600 Phaseolus mungo... Mung... Cultivated for its seeds which are eaten as dal. 1955 New Biol. XIX. 101 Mung bean preparations given succinate consumed oxygen at one-third of the rate shown by the tissue they were derived from. 1960 J. Organ Rare Veg. iv. 79 There are two kinds of bean used for sprouting, the Soy bean (Soja max) and the Mung bean (Phaseolus aureus). 1969 Oxf. Bk. Food Plants 38/2 Green Gram (Phaseolus aureus) is often known by the Indian name of ‘mung’ and is probably native to India... In China and the United States it is also used to produce bean sprouts..which are popular in certain dishes. |
▪ II. mung
var. of mong n.1