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noun
A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.
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noun
Any similar plant having underground tubers.
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noun
The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts.
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noun
A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut (Arachis hypogaea) or a Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea).
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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, earthnut, goober, goober pea, monkey nut
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Broader terms: edible nut
noun
nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
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Synonyms: potato bean, wild bean
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Broader terms: tuber
noun
a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosa
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Broader terms: vine
History
From ground + nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss (both cognate with earthnut) and Hungarian földimogyoró.
Across languages
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