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groundnut

/ground-nuht/US // ˈgraʊndˌnʌt //UK // (ˈɡraʊndˌnʌt) //

花生,地产,地产商,花生的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called wild bean, potato bean. a twining, North American plant, Apios americana, of the legume family, having clusters of fragrant brownish flowers and an edible tuber.
    • : any of several other plants having edible underground parts, as the peanut.
    • : South Atlantic States. peanut.

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Examples

  • It is rich in the oil palm and oil-bearing groundnut, but the climate is exceedingly dangerous to Europeans.

  • This plant has a peculiar habit of thrusting its pods into the ground for the nuts to ripen; hence the name groundnut.

  • You will doubtless be surprised to learn that the groundnut is really only a species of the familiar peanut.

  • My present dietary consists of plantain, groundnut and olive oil, with some sour fruit like the lime.

  • The Peanut or Groundnut is the seed of an annual, cultivated extensively in most tropical and sub-tropical countries.