groundnut

English Thesaurus

1. 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)

2. nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans (noun.food)

hypernym	:	tuber,
definition	:	a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage (noun.plant)

part meronym	:	apios americana, apios tuberosa, groundnut, groundnut vine, indian potato, potato bean, wild bean,
definition	:	a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans (noun.plant)

3. a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	vine,
definition	:	a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	groundnut, potato bean, wild bean,
definition	:	nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans (noun.food)

member meronym	:	apios, genus apios,
definition	:	twining perennial North American plants (noun.plant)