groundnut

Definition of Groundnut in English :

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Noun

1. apios americana, apios tuberosa, groundnut, groundnut vine, indian potato, potato bean, wild bean

a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans

2. groundnut, potato bean, wild bean

nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans

3. earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut, peanut

pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; groundnut' and monkey nut' are British terms

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Groundnut

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noun

1.

a North American climbing leguminous plant, Apios tuberosa, with fragrant brown flowers and small edible underground tubers

2.

the tuber of this plant

3.

any of several other plants having underground nutlike parts

4. British another name for peanut

Groundnut

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noun

1.

a plant with edible tubers or tuberlike parts, as the peanut

2.

the edible tuber or tuberlike part

Groundnut

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n.

1.

a. A climbing vine (Apios americana) in the pea family, native to eastern North America, having compound leaves, clusters of fragrant brownish flowers, and small edible tubers.

b. Any of several plants having underground tubers or nutlike parts.

c. The tuber or nutlike part of such a plant.

2. Chiefly British and South Atlantic US A peanut.

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