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Groundnut

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.
  2. 2
    pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; ‘groundnut’ and ‘monkey nut’ are British terms wordnet
  3. 3
    Any similar plant having underground tubers.
  4. 4
    nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans wordnet
  5. 5
    The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts.
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  1. 6
    a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans wordnet
  2. 7
    A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut (Arachis hypogaea) or a Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea).

Etymology

From ground + nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss (both cognate with earthnut) and Hungarian földimogyoró.

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