groundnut vs peanut

groundnut

noun
  • A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut (Arachis hypogaea) or a Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea). 

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

  • The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts. 

  • Any similar plant having underground tubers. 

peanut

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

  • A very small clam. 

  • See peanuts (“very small amount”). 

verb
  • To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten. 

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