'Groundnut' definitions:
Definition of 'groundnut'
From: WordNet
noun
A North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans [syn: groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosa]
noun
Nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans [syn: groundnut, potato bean, wild bean]
noun
Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms [syn: peanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut]
Definition of 'Groundnut'
From: GCIDE
- Groundnut \Ground"nut`\ (ground"n[u^]t`), n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of the Arachis hypog[ae]a (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut. (b) A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. (c) The dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia). [U. S.] --Gray. (d) A European plant of the genus Bunium (B. flexuosum), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also earthnut, {earth chestnut}, hawknut, and pignut. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'groundnut'
From: GCIDE
- Peanut \Pea"nut\ (p[=e]"n[u^]t), n. (Bot.) The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant ({Arachis hypog[ae]a}); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The fruit is a hard pod, usually containing two or three seeds, sometimes but one, which ripen beneath the soil. Called also earthnut, groundnut, and goober. [1913 Webster]