groundnut

Signification (Anglais)

1. A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.
2. Any similar plant having underground tubers.
3. The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts.
4. A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut (Arachis hypogaea) or a Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea).

Concepts

arachide

cacahuète

pois de terre

cacahouète

cacahuete

apios americana

pinotte

Synonymes

peanut

earthnut

goober

potato bean

wild bean

monkey nut

Indian potato

groundnut vine

Apios americana

goober pea

Apios tuberosa

pinda

legume

monkey-nut

nut

pea

peacan

Arachis hypogaea

peanut vine

jack nut

earth chestnut

bean

Traductions

cacahuete

arachide

amendoim

Erdnuss

cacauet

aardnoot

maní

apenoot

Erdnuß

pinda

Arachis hypogaea

grondnoot

nocciolina

olienoot

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à islandais: jarðhneta

Appartenant à allemand: Erdnuss

Appartenant à hongrois: földimogyoró

In summary

From ground + nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss (both cognate with earthnut) and Hungarian földimogyoró.