: an erect bushy annual bean (Vigna radiata synonym Phaseolus aureus) that is widely cultivated in warm regions for its edible usually green or yellow seeds, for forage, and as the chief source of bean sprouts
also
: its seed
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Adzuki, or the red mung bean, has more fiber than many other varieties, while fava beans are packed with the antioxidant lutein.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
Adzuki Beans Adzuki beans, or red mung beans, are widely used in Asian cooking.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 14 Oct. 2024
Once again, Gan links inner with outer artfully, lacing silky mung bean paste with bursts of lychee fruit and dustings of rose petal fragments.
—Ingu Chen, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
Some producers add mung beans or mung bean flour to edamame pasta.
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—Johna Burdeos, Health, 4 Sep. 2024
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
Adzuki Beans Adzuki beans, or red mung beans, are widely used in Asian cooking.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 14 Oct. 2024
Once again, Gan links inner with outer artfully, lacing silky mung bean paste with bursts of lychee fruit and dustings of rose petal fragments.
—Ingu Chen, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
Some producers add mung beans or mung bean flour to edamame pasta.
3.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Mung bean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mung%20bean. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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