Meaning of GROUNDNUT
| Pronunciation: | | 'grawnd`nut
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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