- mung, mung bean, green gram, golden gram, Vigna radiata, Phaseolus aureus - 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
--1 is a kind of legume, leguminous plant
--1 is a member of Vigna, genus Vigna