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
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- : 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.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inpeanut
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.
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