groundnut

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Synonyms: groundout, ground nut, ground-nut, ground out, groundnuts

Antonyms: groundout, ground nut, ground-nut, ground out, groundnuts

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Noun

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

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