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Etymology
From Middle English erthenote, from Old English eorþhnutu, from Proto-Germanic *erþōhnuts. Cognate with German Erdnuss and Icelandic jarðhneta.
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earthnut (plural earthnuts)
- Any of various roots, tubers, or pods that grow underground.
- A tuber belonging to the species Conopodium majus (syns. Bunium flexuosum, Conopodium denudatum), Bunium bulbocastanum (syn. Carum bulbocastanum), or Apios americana (syn. Apios tuberosa)
- Synonyms: earth chestnut, hawknut, pignut
- The dwarf ginseng: Panax trifolius
- Synonym of peanut (Arachis hypogaea)
- The underground tuber belonging to the genus Tuber; the truffle.
- Synonym: truffle
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