HyperDic: groundnut

English > 3 senses of the word groundnut:
NOUNplantgroundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosaa North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers
foodgroundnut, potato bean, wild beannutlike tuber
foodgroundnut, peanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, monkey nutpod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds
groundnut > pronunciation
Soundsgraw'ndnah.t
Rhymesabbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht...
English > groundnut: 3 senses > noun 1, plant
MeaningA North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans.
Synonymsgroundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosa
Member ofApios, genus ApiosTwining perennial North American plants
Partsgroundnut, potato bean, wild beannutlike tuber
BroadervineA plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
Spanishchufa
English > groundnut: 3 senses > noun 2, food
Meaningnutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans.
Synonymspotato bean, wild bean
Part ofgroundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosaA North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers
BroadertuberA fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage
English > groundnut: 3 senses > noun 3, food
Meaningpod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; 'groundnut' and 'monkey nut' are British terms.
Synonymspeanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, monkey nut
Part ofpeanut, peanut vine, Arachis hypogaeaWidely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions
Broaderedible nutA hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell
Spanisharachis hypogaea, cacahuate, cacahuete, cacahuey, maní
Catalancacauet

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