groundnut

1. 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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Groundnut can mean:

• Seeds that ripen underground, of the following plants, all in the Faboideae subfamily of the legumes:
  • Arachis villosulicarpa
  • Bambara groundnut
  • Hausa groundnut
  • Peanut
• Roots and tubers:
  • Apios americana
  • Conopodium majus
  • Dwarf ginseng

See also

• Earthnut
• Tanganyika groundnut scheme

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - jordnød

Nederlands (Dutch)
aardnoot, pinda

Français (French)
n. - (GB) d'arachide

Deutsch (German)
n. - Erdnuß

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) αραχίς, αράπικο φιστίκι

Italiano (Italian)
arachide

Português (Portuguese)
n. - amendoim (m) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
земляной орех

Español (Spanish)
n. - cacahuete, maní

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - jordnöt, jordmandel, jordkastanj

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
落花生

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 落花生

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 땅콩

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ピーナッツ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حب العزيز, الفول السوداني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אגוז אדמה, בוטן, שעועית בר צפון-אמריקאית‬

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