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Groundnut Definition And Meaning |
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Groundnut: 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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