n. [ Hind. mūng. ] (Bot.) Green gram, a kind of legume (pulse) (Vigna radiata syn. Phaseolus aureus, syn. Phaseolus Mungo), grown for food in British India; called also
n. (Zool.) See
n. The mung (Vigna radiata). [ PJC ]
n. Same as Mangcorn. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling woolen rags or the remnants of woolen goods, specif. those of felted, milled, or hard-spun woolen cloth, as distinguished from
☞ Mungo properly signifies the disintegrated rags of woolen cloth, as distinguished from those of worsted, which form
n. & a. See Mongrel. [ 1913 Webster ]