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mung bean vs leguminous plant

leguminous plant vs mung bean

mung bean and leguminous plant both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mung bean Yes No No No
leguminous plant Yes No No No
As nouns, leguminous plant is a hypernym of mung bean; that is, leguminous plant is a word with a broader meaning than mung bean:
  • mung bean: 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
  • leguminous plant: an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
Other hypernyms of mung bean include legume.
mung bean (noun) leguminous plant (noun)
seed of the mung bean plant used for food; food from the seed of the mung bean plant an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
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
seed of the mung bean plant; used for food; seed of the mung bean plant
Difference between mung bean and leguminous plant

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