Chinese mung bean

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mung \Mung\ (m[u^]ng), n. [Hind. m[=u]ng.] (Bot.)
   Green gram, a kind of legume (pulse) ({Vigna radiata} syn.
   {Phaseolus aureus}, syn. {Phaseolus Mungo}), grown for food
   in British India; called also {gram}, {mung bean}, {Chinese
   mung bean}, and {green-seeded mung bean}. It is an erect,
   bushy annual producing edible green or yellow seeds, and
   edible pods and young sprouts. --Balfour (Cyc. of India).
   [1913 Webster]