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 Ground·nut n. Bot. (a) The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut. (b) A leguminous, twining plant  (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. (c) The dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia). [U. S.] --Gray. (d) A European plant of the genus Bunium (B. flexuosum), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also earthnut, earth chestnut, hawknut, and pignut.
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 Apios tuberosa
      n : a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible
          tubers; important food crop of Native Americans [syn: groundnut,
           groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild
          bean, Apios americana]