groundnut
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English
Etymology
From ground + nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss and Hungarian földimogyoró.
Noun
groundnut (plural groundnuts)
- 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).
Translations
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Groundnuts in their skins; Arachis hypogaea; the peanut in the shell -
Groundnut in the skins; Arachis hypogaea; the peanut in the shell -
Groundnut pulse with membrane; Arachis hypogaea; the peanut nut with its skin on -
Groundnut skin; Arachis hypogaea; the peanut shell -
Tamil groundnut snack; a ball of peanut halves -
Roasted groundnuts in their membranes; roasted peanuts in their skin -
Groundnuts; Arachis hypogaea; Peanuts -
Groundnut seller; peanut vendor -
Groundnut oil cake; peanut oil cake
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