groundnut
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groundnut
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From ground + nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss (both cognate with earthnut) and Hungarian földimogyoró.
noun groundnuts · ground nut
- A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.
- Any similar plant having underground tubers.
- The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts.
- A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut (Arachis hypogaea) or a Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea).
Talk about this word "groundnut." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/groundnut. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. groundnut. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/groundnut "groundnut." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/groundnut.Cite this
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title = {groundnut},
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