groundnut
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ground + nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss and Hungarian földimogyoró.
Noun
[edit]groundnut (plural groundnuts)
- A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.
- Any similar plant having underground tubers.
- The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts.
- A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut (Arachis hypogaea) or a Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea).
Translations
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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