Groundnut vs. Peanut
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
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
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
