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GROUNDNUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; 'groundnut' and 'monkey nut' are British terms
Synonyms:
earthnut; goober; goober pea; groundnut; monkey nut; peanut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("groundnut" is a kind of...):
edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)
Holonyms ("groundnut" is a part of...):
Arachis hypogaea; peanut; peanut vine (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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
Synonyms:
groundnut; potato bean; wild bean
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("groundnut" is a kind of...):
tuber (a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage)
Holonyms ("groundnut" is a part of...):
Apios americana; Apios tuberosa; groundnut; groundnut vine; Indian potato; potato bean; wild bean (a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
Synonyms:
Apios americana; Apios tuberosa; groundnut; groundnut vine; Indian potato; potato bean; wild bean
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("groundnut" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Meronyms (parts of "groundnut"):
groundnut; potato bean; wild bean (nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans)
Holonyms ("groundnut" is a member of...):
Apios; genus Apios (twining perennial North American plants)
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