groundnut

Noun

• pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms

• nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans

• a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  peanut , earthnut , goober , goober pea , monkey nut , potato bean , wild bean , groundnut vine , Indian potato , Apios americana , Apios tuberosa