Meanings
plural mung beans · alternative moong bean · alternative Philippines mongo bean · alternative Philippines mungo bean
- Seed of Vigna radiata, native to South Asia.
Synonyms: matpe bean, mung, mongo, moong, mash, maash, mash bean, munggo
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSeed of Vigna radiata, native to South Asia.
More synonyms by meaning
nounseed of the mung bean plant; used for food
nounerect 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
nounseed of the mung bean plant used for food
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Sanskrit मुद्ग (mudga, “mung bean”), via Hindi.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَاش
- مَاش (māš)seed of Vigna radiata
Bengali মুগ
- মুগ (mug)seed of Vigna radiata
Catalan mongeta mung
- mongeta mungseed of Vigna radiata
Chinese Cantonese 綠豆 /绿豆
- 綠豆 /绿豆seed of Vigna radiata
Chinese Mandarin 綠豆 /绿豆
- 綠豆 /绿豆 (lǜdòu)seed of Vigna radiata
Czech mungo fazole
- mungo fazoleseed of Vigna radiata
Danish mungbønne
- mungbønneseed of Vigna radiata
Dutch mungboon
- mungboonseed of Vigna radiata
Esperanto mungfabo
- mungfaboseed of Vigna radiata
Finnish mungpapu, mungopapu
- mungpapuseed of Vigna radiata
- mungopapuseed of Vigna radiata
French haricot mungo, ambérique verte
- haricot mungoseed of Vigna radiata
- ambérique verteseed of Vigna radiata
German Mungbohne
- Mungbohneseed of Vigna radiata
Hebrew מש
- משseed of Vigna radiata
Hindi मूँग
- मूँग (mūṅg)seed of Vigna radiata
Hungarian mungóbab
- mungóbabseed of Vigna radiata
Indonesian kacang hijau
- kacang hijauseed of Vigna radiata
Italian fagiolo mungo, fagiolo mungo verde
- fagiolo mungoseed of Vigna radiata
- fagiolo mungo verdeseed of Vigna radiata
Japanese 緑豆
- 緑豆 (ryokutō)seed of Vigna radiata
Korean 녹두
- 녹두 (nokdu)seed of Vigna radiata
Malay kacang hijau
- kacang hijauseed of Vigna radiata
Persian ماش
- ماش (mâš)seed of Vigna radiata
Polish fasola złota
- fasola złotaseed of Vigna radiata
Portuguese feijão-mungo, feijão mungu
- feijão-mungoseed of Vigna radiata
- feijão munguseed of Vigna radiata
Punjabi ਮੂੰਗੀ
- ਮੂੰਗੀ (mūṅgī)seed of Vigna radiata
Romanian maș (Moldova)
- maș (Moldova)seed of Vigna radiata
Russian маш
- маш (maš)seed of Vigna radiata
Spanish mongo, poroto mung
- mongoseed of Vigna radiata
- poroto mungseed of Vigna radiata
- alubia mungseed of Vigna radiata
Swahili mchoroko
- mchorokoseed of Vigna radiata
Swedish mungböna
- mungbönaseed of Vigna radiata
Tagalog munggo, balatong
- munggoseed of Vigna radiata
- balatongseed of Vigna radiata
Tamil பாசிப் பயறு, பாசிப்பயிறு
- பாசிப் பயறு (pācip payaṟu)seed of Vigna radiata
- பாசிப்பயிறு (pācippayiṟu)seed of Vigna radiata
- பச்சைப் பயறு (paccaip payaṟu)seed of Vigna radiata
- சிறுபயறு (ciṟupayaṟu)seed of Vigna radiata
Thai ถั่วเขียว
- ถั่วเขียว (tùua-kǐao)seed of Vigna radiata
Turkish maş
- maşseed of Vigna radiata
Ukrainian маш
- маш (maš)seed of Vigna radiata
Urdu مونگ
- مونگ (mūṅg)seed of Vigna radiata
Vietnamese đậu xanh
- đậu xanhseed of Vigna radiata
Cite this entry
mung bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mung%20bean
“mung bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mung%20bean. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mung bean,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mung%20bean.
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