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Webster 1913 Edition


Groundnut

Ground′nutˊ

(ground′nŭtˊ)
,
Noun.
(Bot.)
(a)
The fruit of the
Arachis hypogæa
(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
.