groundnut : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: groundnut	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for groundnut
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
groundnut n a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans Synonym(s): groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosa nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans Synonym(s): groundnut, potato bean, wild bean pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms Synonym(s): peanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peanut \Pea"nut\, n. (Bot.) The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant ({Arachis hypog[91]a}); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit. 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Groundnut \Ground"nut`\ (-n[ucr]t`), n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of the {Arachis hypog[91]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]