groundnut

groundnut is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The fruit of the Arachis hypogaea (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The fruit of the Arachis hypogaea (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut.
2. noun. A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste.
3. noun. The dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia).
4. noun. 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.
5. noun. pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms

   Synonyms: earthnut, goober, peanut

6. noun. nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
7. noun. a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans

Synonyms

earthnut, goober, peanut

Common word forms

groundnuts

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