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noun
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: earth chestnut, hawknut, pignut
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of various roots, tubers, or pods that grow underground:
A dwarf ginseng: Panax trifolius.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of various roots, tubers, or pods that grow underground:
Synonym of peanut (Arachis hypogaea).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: peanut
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of various roots, tubers, or pods that grow underground:
An underground tuber of a plant of the genus Tuber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: truffle
Antonyms: none provided
noun
edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: truffle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vegetable, veggie, veg
noun
pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: peanut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: edible nut
noun
a common European plant having edible tubers with the flavor of roasted chestnuts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Conopodium denudatum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
noun
any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: truffle, earth-ball
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fungus
History
Inherited from Middle English erthenote, from Old English eorþhnutu, from Proto-Germanic *erþōhnuts; equivalent to earth + nut.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
