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noun a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
noun nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
noun pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
originFrom ground + nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss (both cognate with earthnut) and Hungarian földimogyoró.
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