Found 2 items, similar to Groundnut.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: groundnut groundnut n 1: a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans [syn: groundnut vine , Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana , Apios tuberosa] 2: nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans [syn: potato bean , wild bean] 3: pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms [syn: peanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, monkey nut]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Groundnut 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. [1913 Webster]