groundnut

English

Etymology

From ground +‎ nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss and Hungarian földimogyoró.

Noun

groundnut (plural groundnuts)

1. A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.
2. Any similar plant having underground tubers.
3. The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts.
4. A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut or Bambara groundnut.

Translations

Apios americana

• Bulgarian: фъстък (bg) m (fǎstǎk)

Gallery

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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

See also

• earthnut
• tree nut