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Definition(s):
- (n) 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
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- I'm sure you could survive on $10 of rice, groats, and mung beans a week, or get your kicks from $50 of pixie stix, but we're not that kind of blog.
- If you feel peckish, take the opportunity to graze at the dozens of food stalls; try mandu gook, a simple and savory dumpling soup, or bindae duk, a skillet-fried mung-bean pancake.
- Mei li jen loo mung.
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- Gillian McKeith explains: "My mung bean curry is like heaven. It's hot, but won't burn your heads off and it contains loads of spices that are beneficial for digestion. Healthy food can taste fantastic - it's all about knowing how to prepare it."on May 29, 2008 By: Gillian McKeith Source: PR Newswire UK (press release)
- Nick Jewell made a hundred of his own in Adelaide last week, but in inventing a new verb to summarise his batting - "Usually I just mung it about a bit" - went to great lengths to stress that the similarities between he and Hodge began and ended...on Oct 20, 2008 By: Brad Hodge Source: The Age
- "Probably the best I've struck the ball, usually I mung it around a little bit," Jewell said. "The way it came out of the middle was pleasing, felt like I had a bit of time. For day one of the season : to start off with 160-odd, couldn't ask...on Oct 14, 2008 By: Nick Jewell Source: The Age
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