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earthnut

earthnut

9.9
A rare underground fungus that chefs use in fancy cooking
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : trufa
  • The earthnut is highly sought after for its unique aroma and flavor in gourmet dishes.

Examples

  • Pigs and dogs are sometimes trained to locate earthnuts underground.

  • I found an earthnut while foraging in the woods.

  • French cuisine often features the earthnut as a rare and expensive ingredient.

  • The chef prepared a delicious dish with earthnuts.

  • French cuisine often features the earthnut as a rare and expensive ingredient.

  • The earthnut is highly sought after for its unique aroma and flavor in gourmet dishes.

  • The chef prepared a delicious dish with earthnuts from the local market.

Synonyms

truffle
vsearthnut
45 6.6

A rare underground mushroom with a strong smell used to flavor food

emphasizes its scientific genus classification rather than cooking use
Tuber
vsearthnut
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A group of fungi that make truffles near tree roots

is defined by its edible, prized culinary value rather than taxonomy
earth-ball
vsearthnut
  • UK
9.9

A valuable underground mushroom that chefs use to give food a strong, earthy taste

is valued widely and not restricted to one European region

Compounds

earthnut pea
  • UK
9.9

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

Surface Forms

earthnut singular
earthnuts plural

Morphology

earthnut = earth + nut (semi-transparent) = earth + nut

Formed by the compound 'earth' + 'nut', but the referent (a truffle/fungus) is not a botanical nut so the exact meaning is not directly deducible by basic rules.

Etymology

The word earthnut is made from earth 'ground' and nut 'edible seed', a simple picture of a 'nut' that grows in the soil. That is why the name fits truffles: they are rare, tasty fungi dug from the ground and treated like a hidden, valuable nut.