Mung bean plant and Mung bean

Mung bean is a synonym for mung bean plant. In some cases you can use "Mung bean" instead a noun phrase "Mung bean plant".

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.

Mung bean plant is a synonym for mung bean. You can use "Mung bean plant" instead a noun phrase "Mung bean".