mung
pronunciation
How to pronounce mung in British English:
UK [mʌŋ]
How to pronounce mung in American English:
US [mʌŋ]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Ou guys are even stupider than I thougt ! " Mung " is so a word !
- 2. This year alone , speculators have driven up the price of garlic , ginger and mung beans , popular for their medicinal value .
- 3. So the mung bean was a great poster child for the government to act upon , given persistent concerns in china about food-related price inflation .
- 4. Sales of slimming products , from weight-loss teas to mung beans , are rising sharply , gyms open ( and close ) at lightning speed , and traditional chinese hospitals report a rise in patients seeking acupuncture and fire-cupping treatments to help shed weight .
- 5. The high-end restaurant cooks sophisticated sichuan food with awe-inspiring presentations : abalone on spiced mung bean jelly , crispy ginseng root , and tiny spheres of apple poached in syrup tinged with fiery notes of green sichuan pepper .