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Groundnut

Groundnut Meaning & Definition
Groundnut Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Groundnut?

[n] pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
[n] nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
[n] a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans

Synonyms | Synonyms for Groundnut: Apios americana | Apios tuberosa | earthnut | goober | goober pea | groundnut vine | Indian potato | monkey nut | peanut | potato bean | potato bean | wild bean | wild bean

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See Also | Apios | Apios americana | Apios tuberosa | Arachis hypogaea | edible nut | genus Apios | groundnut | groundnut | groundnut vine | Indian potato | peanut vine | tuber | vine

Groundnut In Webster's Dictionary

\Ground"nut`\ (-n[u^]t`), n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of the {Arachis hypog[ae]a} (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut. (b) A leguminous, twining plant ({Apios tuberosa}), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. (c) The dwarf ginseng ({Aralia trifolia}). [U. S.] --Gray. (d) A European plant of the genus {Bunium} ({B. flexuosum}), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also {earthnut}, {earth chestnut}, {hawknut}, and {pignut}.

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