Legume and Mung bean

Legume noun - An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae.

Mung bean and legume are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Mung bean" with "Legume", this terms are similar.

Nearby Word: leguminous

Mung bean noun - 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.

Legume and mung bean are semantically related. You can use "Legume" instead a noun phrase "Mung bean".