Green gram, a kind of legume (pulse) (
Vigna radiata syn.
Phaseolus aureus, syn.
Phaseolus Mungo), grown for food in British India; called also
gram,
mung bean,
Chinese mung bean, and
green-seeded mung bean. It is an erect, bushy annual producing edible green or yellow seeds, and edible pods and young sprouts.
Balfour (Cyc. of India). [
1913 Webster]