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Definition: earth chestnut
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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