Noun: Phaseolus aureus
- 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 Phaseolus aureus bean sprouts are essential in many Asian dishes";
- mung, mung bean, mung bean plant, Vigna radiata
Type of: legume, leguminous plant
Part of: genus Vigna, Vigna
Encyclopedia: Phaseolus aureus