Groundnut

groundnut
    n 1: a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible
         tubers; important food crop of Native Americans [syn:
         {groundnut}, {groundnut vine}, {Indian potato}, {potato
         bean}, {wild bean}, {Apios americana}, {Apios tuberosa}]
    2: nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans [syn:
       {groundnut}, {potato bean}, {wild bean}]
    3: pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds;
       `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms [syn:
       {peanut}, {earthnut}, {goober}, {goober pea}, {groundnut},
       {monkey nut}]
    

Groundnut \Ground"nut`\ (ground"n[u^]t`), n. (Bot.)
   (a) The fruit of the {Arachis hypog[ae]a} (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}.
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Peanut \Pea"nut\ (p[=e]"n[u^]t), n. (Bot.)
   The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant ({Arachis
   hypog[ae]a}); also, the plant itself, which is widely
   cultivated for its fruit.
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   Note: The fruit is a hard pod, usually containing two or
         three seeds, sometimes but one, which ripen beneath the
         soil. Called also {earthnut}, {groundnut}, and
         {goober}.
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