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earth-chestnut

earth-chestnut noun: synonym of kippernut, Bunium bulbocastanum.

Noun

earth-chestnut (plural earth-chestnuts)

  1. Synonym of kippernut, Bunium bulbocastanum
    • […] the “Erdkastanie” earth-chestnut (Bunium bulbocastanum), and the Groundnut (Glycine apios) occur only in the southern parts of the country, and even there only occasionally.1876, Swedish Catalogue. International Exhibition, 1876, volume I. Statistics, Philadelphia: Hallowell & Company, VII. Horticulture, page 218
    Synonyms:
    kippernut, Bunium bulbocastanum

Synonyms of earth-chestnut

Forms of earth-chestnut

pluralearth-chestnuts
alternative formearth chestnut

Questions about earth-chestnut

What does earth-chestnut mean?
Earth-chestnut means synonym of kippernut, Bunium bulbocastanum.
What part of speech is earth-chestnut?
Earth-chestnut is a noun.
What is the plural of earth-chestnut?
The plural of earth-chestnut is earth-chestnuts.

Words near earth-chestnut in the dictionary

  1. earth-bergs
  2. earth-berries
  3. earth-berry
  4. earth-born
  5. earth-bound
  6. earth-chestnut
  7. earth-chestnuts
  8. earth-diver
  9. earth-divers
  10. earth-drake
  11. earth-drakes

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