Found 2 items, similar to Arachis hypogaea.
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Definition: Arachis hypogaea
Arachis hypogaea
n : widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and
warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend
over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
[syn:
peanut,
peanut vine]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Arachis hypogaea
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.
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Hypogaeic
\Hyp`o*g[ae]"ic\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. gai^a, gh^,
earth.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the peanut, or earthnut
(
Arachis hypog[ae]a).
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Hypog[ae]ic acid (Chem.), an acid in the oil of the
earthnut, in which it exists as a glyceride, and from
which it is extracted as a white, crystalline substance.
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Peanut
\Pea"nut\, n. (Bot.)
The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (
Arachis hypog[ae]a
); also, the plant itself, which is widely
cultivated for its fruit.
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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.
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Pindal
\Pin"dal\, Pindar
\Pin"dar\, n. [D. piendel.] (Bot.)
The peanut (
Arachis hypog[ae]a); -- so called in the West
Indies.
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