1. 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
   "Fresh mung bean sprouts are essential in many Asian dishes"; "The farmer's mung bean plant crop was ready for harvest";
   - mung bean, mung bean plant, Vigna radiata, Phaseolus aureus
    
2. Seed of the mung bean plant used for food
   "They sprouted mung beans for a healthy addition to salads";
   - mung bean, green bean, green gram, golden gram, moong, mash bean, munggo, green soy, moong bean

1. (computing) modify or fake an email (or other internet) address so it cannot be automatically harvested, esp. to avoid spam bots
   "He munged his email address on the public forum to avoid spam"
    
2. (computing) change a file; make irrevocable changes, destroy, obfuscate
   "The virus munged the system files, making the computer inoperable"

Derived forms: munged, mungs, munging

Type of: bean, edible bean, legume, leguminous plant

Part of: genus Vigna, Vigna

Encyclopedia: Mung