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Webster 1913 Edition
Groundnut
Ground′nutˊ
(ground′nŭtˊ)
, Noun.
(Bot.)
(a)
The fruit of the
Arachis hypogæa
(native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut. (b)
A leguminous, twining plant (
Apios tuberosa
), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. (c)
The dwarf ginseng (
Aralia trifolia
). [U. S.]
Gray.
(d)
A European plant of the genus
Bunium
(B. flexuosum
), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; – called also earthnut
, earth chestnut
, hawknut
, and pignut
. Definition 2024
groundnut
groundnut
English
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
- A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut or Bambara groundnut.
Translations
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Groundnuts in their skins; Arachis hypogaea; the peanut in the shell
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Groundnut in the skins; Arachis hypogaea; the peanut in the shell
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Groundnut pulse with membrane; Arachis hypogaea; the peanut nut with its skin on
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Groundnut skin; Arachis hypogaea; the peanut shell
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Tamil groundnut snack; a ball of peanut halves
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Roasted groundnuts in their membranes; roasted peanuts in their skin
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Groundnuts; Arachis hypogaea; Peanuts
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Groundnut seller; peanut vendor
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Groundnut oil cake; peanut oil cake