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groundnut

/ɡɹˈaʊndnˌʌt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.29 in modern English

Syllables
ground-nut
IPA
/ɡɹˈaʊndnˌʌt/
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.

noun

Any similar plant having underground tubers.

noun

The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts.

noun

A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut (Arachis hypogaea) or a Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea).

Etymology

From ground + nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss (both cognate with earthnut) and Hungarian földimogyoró.

Inflected Forms

groundnuts (plural) ground nut (alternative)

Phrases

Price's groundnut tree nut

Frequently Paired Words

earthnut tree nut

Synonyms

peanut earthnut goober goober pea monkey nut potato bean wild bean groundnut vine indian potato apios americana apios tuberosa

Questions

How do you pronounce groundnut?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹˈaʊndnˌʌt/.
What does groundnut mean?
A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.
Where does groundnut come from?
From ground + nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss (both cognate with earthnut) and Hungarian földimogyoró.

How to pronounce groundnut

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