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GREEN GRAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Seed of the mung bean plant used for food
Synonyms:
golden gram; green bean; green gram; green soy; mash bean; monggo; moong; mung; mung bean; munggo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("green gram" is a kind of...):
bean; edible bean (any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food)
Holonyms ("green gram" is a part of...):
mung; mung bean; mung bean plant; Phaseolus aureus; Vigna radiata (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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Seed of the mung bean plant; used for food
Synonyms:
golden gram; green bean; green gram; green soy; mash bean; monggo; moong; mung; mung bean; munggo
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("green gram" is a kind of...):
bean (any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans)
Holonyms ("green gram" is a part of...):
mung; mung bean; mung bean plant; Phaseolus aureus; Vigna radiata (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)
