groundnut

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A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers
The nutlike tuber of such a plant; a peanut or monkey nut
Any similar plant having underground tubers
{n} a root like a potatoe
nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut
a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
A European plant of the genus Bunium B
The dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia)
A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste
flexuosum, having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; called also earthnut, earth chestnut, hawknut, and pignut
nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
A groundnut is a peanut. a peanut or peanut plant. Any of several plants that bear edible fruit or other nutlike parts. Three are legumes: Arachis hypogaea, the peanut, the fruit of which is a legume or pod rather than a true nut; Apois americana, also called wild bean and potato bean, the tubers of which are edible; and Lathyrus tuberosa, also called earth-nut pea. Cyperus esculentus, nut sedge or yellow nut grass, is a papyrus relative (sedge family) that also bears edible tubers, especially in the variety called chufa or earth almond
{i} North American plant with an edible tuber; any of a number of plants with edible parts that grow underground (i.e. peanut)
groundnut

    Hyphenation

    ground·nut

    Turkish pronunciation

    graundnʌt

    Pronunciation

    /ˈgroundˌnət/ /ˈɡraʊndˌnʌt/

    Etymology

    [ 'graun(d)-"n&t ] (noun.) 1602. ground +‎ nut
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