groundnut

[ ground-nuht ]

/ ˈgraʊndˌnʌt /

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noun

Also called wild bean, potato bean. a twining, North American plant, Apios americana (or A. tuberosa), of the legume family, having clusters of fragrant brownish flowers and an edible tuber.

any of several other plants having edible underground parts, as the peanut.

South Atlantic States. peanut.

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Origin of groundnut

First recorded in 1595–1605; ground¹ + nut

Words nearby groundnut

groundling, ground log, ground loop, groundmass, ground meristem, groundnut, groundnut oil, ground observer, groundout, ground owl, ground pea

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How to use groundnut in a sentence

“When I was growing groundnuts, I used to sell it to the local markets,” Ramesh says.
Farmers in India cut their carbon footprint with trees and solar power|Sibi Arasu|May 16, 2022|Science News
“I lost a lot of money growing groundnuts through chemical farming methods,” says Ramesh, who goes by the first letter of his father’s name followed by his first name, as is common in many parts of southern India.
Farmers in India cut their carbon footprint with trees and solar power|Sibi Arasu|May 16, 2022|Science News
There he grows maize and groundnuts to feed himself, his wife, and their three children.
Zimbabwe’s climate migration is a sign of what’s to come|Andrew Mambondiyani|December 17, 2021|MIT Technology Review
It is rich in the oil palm and oil-bearing groundnut, but the climate is exceedingly dangerous to Europeans.
The World and Its People: Book VII|Anna B. Badlam

This plant has a peculiar habit of thrusting its pods into the ground for the nuts to ripen; hence the name groundnut.
The World and Its People: Book VII|Anna B. Badlam
You will doubtless be surprised to learn that the groundnut is really only a species of the familiar peanut.
The World and Its People: Book VII|Anna B. Badlam
My present dietary consists of plantain, groundnut and olive oil, with some sour fruit like the lime.
A Guide to Health|Mahatma Gandhi
The Peanut or Groundnut is the seed of an annual, cultivated extensively in most tropical and sub-tropical countries.
Science in the Kitchen.|Mrs. E. E. Kellogg

British Dictionary definitions for groundnut

groundnut

/ (ˈɡraʊndˌnʌt) /

noun

a North American climbing leguminous plant, Apios tuberosa, with fragrant brown flowers and small edible underground tubers

the tuber of this plant

any of several other plants having underground nutlike parts

British another name for peanut

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groundnut

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