groundnut
nounEtymology From ground + nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss (both cognate with earthnut) and Hungarian földimogyoró.
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 (Arachis hypogaea) or a Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea).
- Derived terms
- Price's groundnut