What is "green gram"

n. A bean from the seed of ''Vigna radiata'', which is native to Bangladesh and India.

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 [syn: mung, mung bean, golden gram, Vigna radiata, Phaseolus aureus]