earthnut

English Thesaurus

1. edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber (noun.food)

hypernym	:	veg, vegetable, veggie,
definition	:	edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant (noun.food)

2. pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms (noun.food)

hypernym	:	edible nut,
definition	:	a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell (noun.food)

part meronym	:	arachis hypogaea, peanut, peanut vine,
definition	:	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 (noun.plant)

3. a common European plant having edible tubers with the flavor of roasted chestnuts (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	herb, herbaceous plant,
definition	:	a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	conopodium, genus conopodium,
definition	:	a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Umbelliferae (noun.plant)

4. any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus,
definition	:	an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus tuber, tuber,
definition	:	type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles (noun.plant)