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earth chestnut

earth chestnut is the alternative form of earth-chestnut.

Meaning of earth-chestnut

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

Forms of earth chestnut

pluralearth chestnuts

Questions about earth chestnut

What is earth chestnut the alternative form of?
Earth chestnut is the alternative form of earth-chestnut.

Words near earth chestnut in the dictionary

  1. earth ball
  2. earth balls
  3. earth bath
  4. earth bathing
  5. earth baths
  6. earth chestnut
  7. earth chestnuts
  8. earth closet
  9. earth closets
  10. Earth current
  11. Earth currents

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