What does earth-chestnut mean?

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earth-chestnut

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

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Synonym of kippernut, Bunium bulbocastanum

"[…] the “Erdkastanie” earth-chestnut (Bunium bulbocastanum), and the Groundnut (Glycine apios) occur only in the southern parts of the country, and even there only occasionally."

earth-chestnuts (plural) earth chestnut (alternative)

kippernut Bunium bulbocastanum

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