groundnut

About 0.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

earthnut indian potato peanut goober pea goober monkey nut apios americana apios tuberosa groundnut vine potato bean

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Word family

groundnuts