groundnut

n. 野豆, 落花生

词形变化

groundnuts 复数 groundnuts

别名

ground nut

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

  2. 2.

    Any similar plant having underground tubers.

  3. 3.

    The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts.

  4. 4.

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

词汇关系

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词源

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

来源:wiktionary