groundnut

• groundnut

groundnut

Noun

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

Synonyms:

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

Noun

nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans

Synonyms:

• groundnut
• potato bean
• wild bean

Noun

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

Synonyms:

• peanut
• earthnut
• goober
• goober pea
• groundnut
• monkey nut