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ground⋅nut

  [ground-nuht]
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–noun
1. Also called wild bean, potato bean. a twining, North American plant, Apios americana (or A. tuberosa), of the legume family, having clusters of fragrant brownish flowers and an edible tuber.
2. any of several other plants having edible underground parts, as the peanut.
3. South Atlantic States. peanut.
Origin:
1595–1605; ground 1 + nut
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ground·nut   (ground'nŭt')   
n.  

    1. A climbing vine (Apios americana) of eastern North America, having compound leaves, clusters of fragrant brownish flowers, and small edible tubers.

    2. Any of several plants having underground tubers or nutlike parts.

    3. The tuber or nutlike part of such a plant.

  2. Chiefly British and South Atlantic U.S. A peanut.

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