groundnut
A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish…A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.
» Other products include coal, coconuts, sugar cane, pineapples, tobacco, vegetables, sago, tapioca, coffee, tea, maize, and groundnuts.
Meaning
4 sensesA climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.
a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
Any similar plant having underground tubers.
The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts.
nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut (Arachis hypogaea) or a Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea).
Examples
1 sentencesOther products include coal, coconuts, sugar cane, pineapples, tobacco, vegetables, sago, tapioca, coffee, tea, maize, and groundnuts.
Origin
From ground + nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss (both cognate with earthnutFrom ground + nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss (both cognate with earthnut) and Hungarian földimogyoró.
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Forms
plural: groundnutsSynonyms
11 synonyms- nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans:potato beanwild bean
- a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans:groundnut vineIndian potatopotato beanwild beanApios americanaApios tuberosa
- pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; ‘groundnut’ and ‘monkey nut’ are British terms:peanutearthnutgoobergoober peamonkey nut