groundnut

Meanings

Noun

• a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
• nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
• pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms

Synonyms

Apios americana, Apios tuberosa, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut vine, Indian potato, monkey nut, peanut, potato bean, wild bean