Groundnut vs. Peanut

Groundnut vs. Peanut — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Groundnut and Peanut

Groundnutnoun

A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.

Peanutnoun

A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea.

Groundnutnoun

Any similar plant having underground tubers.

Peanutverb

(transitive) To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.

Groundnutnoun

The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts.

Peanutnoun

underground pod of the peanut vine

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Groundnutnoun

A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut or Bambara groundnut.

Peanutnoun

widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground

Groundnutnoun

a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans

Peanutnoun

a young child who is small for his age

Groundnutnoun

nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans

Peanutnoun

pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms

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Groundnutnoun

pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms

Peanutadjective

of little importance or influence or power; of minor status;

a minor, insignificant bureaucratpeanut politicians