1) Morsel in a health food dish 2) Salad morsel 3) Vegetable common in stir-fry 
Bean sprouts are a common ingredient, especially in Asian cuisine, made from sprouting beans. The typical bean sprout is made from the greenish-capped mung beans. Other common bean sprouts are the usually yellow, larger-grained soy sprouts. It typically takes one week for them to be completely grown. The sprouted beans are more nutritious than the...
Bean sprouts are the sprouts (tap root) of newly germinated beans, typically the mung bean. They are eaten raw or cooked very quickly in Chinese dishes and salads.
[n] - any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans
noun any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans