bean sprouts

bean sprouts
noun plural
: the sprouts of bean seeds especially of the mung bean germinated in humid darkness and used as food

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the sprouts of newly germinated beans, esp. of mung beans, used as a vegetable.
[1920-25]

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bean sprouts UK US noun [plural]
the young stems growing from the seeds of a bean plant that are eaten as food
Thesaurus: beans, lentils and peashyponym types of food or drinkhypernym

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plural n. the sprouting seeds of certain beans, esp. mung beans, used in Asian cooking

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noun [plural]
: very young plants that come from bean seeds and that are used as a vegetable

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ˈbean sprouts [bean sprouts] noun plural
bean seeds that are just beginning to grow, often eaten raw

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