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groundnuts

groundnuts is the plural of groundnut.

Meaning of groundnut

Noun

groundnut (plural groundnuts)

  1. A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.
  2. Any similar plant having underground tubers.
  3. The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts.
  4. A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut (Arachis hypogaea) or a Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea).

Phrases with groundnuts

Questions about groundnuts

What is groundnuts the plural of?
Groundnuts is the plural of groundnut.

Words near groundnuts in the dictionary

  1. groundmasses
  2. groundmen
  3. groundmist
  4. groundmists
  5. groundnut
  6. groundnuts
  7. groundout
  8. groundouts
  9. groundpear
  10. groundpecker
  11. groundpeckers

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