Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moth bean

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables: moth- bean
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any legume of species Vigna aconitifolia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi मोठ (moṭh), from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀫𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*moṭṭha). See there for more.

Inflected Forms

moth beans (plural)

Synonyms

mat bean vigna aconitifolia phaseolus aconitifolius

Questions

What does moth bean mean?: Any legume of species Vigna aconitifolia.
Where does moth bean come from?: Borrowed from Hindi मोठ (moṭh), from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀫𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*moṭṭha). See there for more.

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