earthnut
Americannoun
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any of various roots, tubers, or underground growths, as the peanut and the truffle.
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any of the plants producing these.
noun
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Also called: pignut. a perennial umbelliferous plant, Conopodium majus, of Europe and Asia, having edible dark brown tubers
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any of various plants having an edible root, tuber, underground pod, or similar part, such as the peanut or truffle
Etymology
Origin of earthnut
before 900; Middle English erthenote, Old English eorthnutu. See earth, nut
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This plant is rich in names, being known locally as "ground pea," "goober," "earthnut," and "pindar," as well as generally by the name of "peanut."
From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Charles William Burkett
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