moth bean

noun

Any legume of species Vigna aconitifolia.

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mat beanVigna aconitifoliaPhaseolus aconitifolius
OriginHindi मोठ →
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Meanings

nounmoth bean (plural moth beans)

plural moth beans

  1. Any legume of species Vigna aconitifolia.

    Synonyms: mat bean

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny legume of species Vigna aconitifolia.

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mat bean

More synonyms by meaning

nounEast Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and as a soil conditioner; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus

Similar
Vigna aconitifoliaPhaseolus aconitifolius
Broader
legumeleguminous plant

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Hindiमोठ
  2. Hindiमोठ
  3. Englishmoth bean

Borrowed from Hindi मोठ (moṭh), from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀫𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*moṭṭha). See there for more.

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APA

moth bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moth%20bean

MLA

“moth bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moth%20bean. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moth bean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moth%20bean.

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