арахіс

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Ukrainian

 арахіс and арахіс культурний on Ukrainian Wikipedia
арахіс культурний

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin arachis, from Ancient Greek (see ἄρακος (árakos), ἀράχιδνα (arákhidna)).[1] Compare Russian ара́хис (aráxis).

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Noun

ара́хіс (aráxism inan (genitive ара́хісу, uncountable, relational adjective ара́хісовий)

  1. Arachis (genus within the family Fabaceae – flowering plants, of which the peanut is the best known)
  2. (collective) peanut (legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea)
    Synonym: земляни́й горі́х m (zemljanýj horíx)

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References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “арахіс”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 81

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