earth-nut pea

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A plant from Europe with small edible tubers that people eat and use to add flavor

noun

: guisante de tierra

In Scotland, earth-nut peas are often used in whiskey.

Examples

Farmers sometimes grow earth-nut peas as a specialty crop for local markets.
The chef added earth-nut pea to the traditional dish for a unique flavor.
They foraged for earth-nut pea during their hike in the Scottish countryside.
The earth-nut pea is a unique plant.
Farmers sometimes grow earth-nut peas as a specialty crop for local markets.
The chef added earth-nut pea to the traditional dish for a unique flavor.
In Scotland, earth-nut peas are often used to flavor whiskey.

Synonyms

earthnut pea

vsearth-nut pea

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A European plant with small edible roots eaten as food and used to flavour whisky

is the same meaning but spelt with a hyphen in the common name

Lathyrus tuberosus

vsearth-nut pea

Specialized

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A European plant in the pea family that has small edible tubers and people sometimes use to flavor whiskey

is a general description without botanical technical terms

tuberous vetch

vsearth-nut pea

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A European plant with small edible roots used for food and to flavor whiskey

focuses on flavoring use rather than general food consumption

Surface Forms

earth-nut pea singular

earth-nut peas plural

Morphology

earth-nut + pea

The compound is compositionally built from 'earth-nut' (a nut or tuber from the earth) + 'pea' (a leguminous plant), so a learner who knows the constituent words can infer it denotes a pea/legume associated with edible underground tubers. Although the specific botanical identity and culinary use are specialist details, the core referent (a plant/pea with earth-grown tubers) is directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Earth-nut pea comes from the plant's small, nut-like roots that grow under the ground. The words earth, nut, and pea give a clear picture: a pea plant with little 'nuts' in the earth, so the name now means the pea plant with edible underground roots.