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Yes. Peanuts are called Ground Nuts in Africa.

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peanut is part of groundnut but NT vice versa....

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGroundnut 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
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The peanut is called a groundnut in Africa.

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Legume are seeds that grow in pods

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Same thing, different names.

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its on the bottom a a boy

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one of them is dry

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What is the differents between a peanut and groundnut?

The peanut is a groundnut. Summary : 1. Peanut is a type of groundnut; groundnut may refer to peanuts as well as specific kinds of roots and tubers 2. Peanut is specifically used as nutritional supplements and as peanut butter, while groundnut is especially used as cooking oil, which has nutritional value 3. The bambara groundnut ripens its circular shaped pods underground, while peanut matures underground as a cylindrical pod


What is the size of an groundnut?

Groundnut is just the British (and southeast U.S.) name for a peanut.


Is groundnut fattening?

no, peanut is not fattening


What is a more popular name for the groundnut?

The peanut.


What are the nutrients in groundnut?

A ground nut is a peanut.


What is groundnut butter better known as?

Peanut butter.


What is difference between groundnut root and onion root?

tap root and fibers roots


What is the most commonly used oil in Chinese cooking?

Your Answer: Groundnut Or Peanut Oil


If peanut is similar to groundnut then why different name?

Because of different shape, that's why it has different name.


What can you find inside a groundnut?

A groundnut is a seed which develops in a rough textured pod alone with a few neighbours (it is a type of pea). tA peanut comprises two halves containing the food for the seed and in the middle, a tine shoot which is the embryonic new peanut plant.


What is another name for peanut?

goober! ** A peanut is a legume. Legume or peanut or groundnut is scientifically called "Arachis hypogaea" People in the South used to call them goober peas!


What is the difference between peanut butter and pronation?

peanut butter is made from nuts and pronation is caolories