earthnut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of various roots, tubers, or pods that grow underground:
A tuber belonging to the species Conopodium majus (syns. Bunium flexuosum, Conopodium denudatum), Bunium bulbocastanum (syn. Carum bulbocastanum), or Apios americana (syn. Apios tuberosa).
A dwarf ginseng: Panax trifolius.
Synonym of peanut (Arachis hypogaea).
An underground tuber of a plant of the genus Tuber.

/ˈɜːθ.nʌt/ /ˈɝθ.nʌt/

earthnut earthnuts earth-nut

Inherited from Middle English erthenote, from Old English eorþhnutu, from Proto-Germanic *erþōhnuts; equivalent to earth + nut.

earth chestnut hawknut pignut peanut truffle

groundnut tree nut

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