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MOONG

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seed of the mung bean plant used for food

Synonyms:

golden gram; green bean; green gram; green soy; mash bean; monggo; moong; mung; mung bean; munggo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("moong" is a kind of...):

bean; edible bean (any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food)

Holonyms ("moong" is a part of...):

mung; mung bean; mung bean plant; Phaseolus aureus; Vigna radiata (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Seed of the mung bean plant; used for food

Synonyms:

golden gram; green bean; green gram; green soy; mash bean; monggo; moong; mung; mung bean; munggo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("moong" is a kind of...):

bean (any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans)

Holonyms ("moong" is a part of...):

mung; mung bean; mung bean plant; Phaseolus aureus; Vigna radiata (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)

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