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earth-nut

earth-nut is the alternative form of earthnut.

Meaning of earthnut

Noun

earthnut (plural earthnuts)

  1. 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. A dwarf ginseng: Panax trifolius.
  3. Synonym of peanut (Arachis hypogaea).
    Synonyms:
    peanut
  4. An underground tuber of a plant of the genus Tuber.
    Synonyms:
    truffle

Forms of earth-nut

pluralearth-nuts

Questions about earth-nut

What is earth-nut the alternative form of?
Earth-nut is the alternative form of earthnut.

Words near earth-nut in the dictionary

  1. earth-hunger
  2. earth-like
  3. earth-motherly
  4. earth-moving
  5. Earth-normal
  6. earth-nut
  7. earth-pig
  8. earth-pigs
  9. Earth-pointing
  10. earth-scraper
  11. earth-scrapers

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