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earthnut.

Any of various roots, tubers, or pods that grow underground:

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɜːθ.nʌt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɝθ.nʌt/General-American

  1. Any of various roots, tubers, or pods that grow underground: A tuber belonging to the species Conopodium majus (syns. Bunium flexuosum, Conopodium denudatum), Bunium bulbocastanum (syn. Carum bulbocastanum), or Apios americana (syn. Apios tuberosa).

  2. Any of various roots, tubers, or pods that grow underground: A dwarf ginseng: Panax trifolius.

  3. Any of various roots, tubers, or pods that grow underground: Synonym of peanut (Arachis hypogaea).

  4. Any of various roots, tubers, or pods that grow underground: An underground tuber of a plant of the genus Tuber.

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English erthenote, from Old English eorþhnutu, from Proto-Germanic *erþōhnuts; equivalent to earth + nut.

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