English Explanatory Dictionary

moth bean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any legume of species Vigna aconitifolia.

Word forms

moth bean moth beans

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀫𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*moṭṭha) Hindi मोठ (moṭh)bor. English moth bean Borrowed from Hindi मोठ (moṭh), from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀫𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*moṭṭha). See there for more.

Synonyms

mat bean
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on M Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary