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mung vs legume

legume vs mung

mung and legume both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mung Yes No No No
legume Yes No No No
As nouns, legume is a hypernym of mung; that is, legume is a word with a broader meaning than mung:
  • mung: 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
  • legume: an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
Other hypernyms of mung include leguminous plant.
mung (noun) legume (noun)
seed of the mung bean plant used for food; food from the seed of the mung bean plant the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
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 an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
seed of the mung bean plant; used for food; seed of the mung bean plant the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case
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