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GROUNDNUT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; 'groundnut' and 'monkey nut' are British terms

Synonyms:

earthnut; goober; goober pea; groundnut; monkey nut; peanut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("groundnut" is a kind of...):

edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)

Holonyms ("groundnut" is a part of...):

Arachis hypogaea; peanut; peanut vine (widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans

Synonyms:

groundnut; potato bean; wild bean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("groundnut" is a kind of...):

tuber (a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage)

Holonyms ("groundnut" is a part of...):

Apios americana; Apios tuberosa; groundnut; groundnut vine; Indian potato; potato bean; wild bean (a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans

Synonyms:

Apios americana; Apios tuberosa; groundnut; groundnut vine; Indian potato; potato bean; wild bean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("groundnut" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Meronyms (parts of "groundnut"):

groundnut; potato bean; wild bean (nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans)

Holonyms ("groundnut" is a member of...):

Apios; genus Apios (twining perennial North American plants)

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