Definitions for groundnut

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groundnut ground·nut

Spelling: [ground-nuht]

IPA: /ˈgraʊndˌnʌt/

Groundnut is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in groundnut (dgnnortuu).

Definitions for groundnut

noun

1. Also called wild bean, potato bean. a twining, North American plant, Apios americana (or A. tuberosa), of the legume family, having clusters of fragrant brownish flowers and an edible tuber.
2. any of several other plants having edible underground parts, as the peanut.
3. South Atlantic States. peanut.

Origin of groundnut

First recorded in 1595-1605; ground¹ + nut

Examples for groundnut

My present dietary consists of plantain, groundnut and olive oil, with some sour fruit like the lime.

The Peanut or groundnut is the seed of an annual, cultivated extensively in most tropical and sub-tropical countries.

The groundnut forms one of the chief articles of food in some sections.

The groundnut is now largely cultivated for the oil it yields.

You will doubtless be surprised to learn that the groundnut is really only a species of the familiar peanut.