"groundnut" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: groundnuts [plural]
Etymology: From ground + nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss and Hungarian földimogyoró. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ground|nut}} ground + nut, {{cog|is|jarðhneta}} Icelandic jarðhneta, {{cog|de|Erdnuss}} German Erdnuss, {{cog|hu|földimogyoró}} Hungarian földimogyoró Head templates: {{en-noun}} groundnut (plural groundnuts)
  1. A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers. Categories (lifeform): Nuts Translations (Apios americana): фъстък (fǎstǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), നിലക്കടല (nilakkaṭala) (Malayalam)
    Sense id: en-groundnut-en-noun-CQDFvRdu Disambiguation of Nuts: 31 18 17 33 Disambiguation of 'Apios americana': 83 4 2 11
  2. Any similar plant having underground tubers. Categories (lifeform): Nuts
    Sense id: en-groundnut-en-noun-mVn9K3dh Disambiguation of Nuts: 31 18 17 33
  3. The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts. Categories (lifeform): Nuts
    Sense id: en-groundnut-en-noun-hSL7d2ll Disambiguation of Nuts: 31 18 17 33
  4. A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut (Arachis hypogaea) or a Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea). Categories (lifeform): Dalbergieae tribe plants, Nuts, Phaseoleae tribe plants, Root vegetables, Vigna beans
    Sense id: en-groundnut-en-noun-Cx1JZW7w Disambiguation of Dalbergieae tribe plants: 20 15 12 53 Disambiguation of Nuts: 31 18 17 33 Disambiguation of Phaseoleae tribe plants: 20 15 12 53 Disambiguation of Root vegetables: 26 20 17 37 Disambiguation of Vigna beans: 20 13 11 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 21 16 37 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 14 9 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: earthnut, tree nut

Inflected forms

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