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earthnut

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A small plant with edible tubers tasting like roasted chestnuts

noun

: tubérculo

She tasted the roasted earthnut and was surprised by its nutty flavor.

Examples

Traditional recipes often use earthnuts as a flavorful substitute for chestnuts.
The forager eagerly dug up an earthnut from the soft woodland soil.
The earthnut is often found in damp woodlands.
Have you ever tasted an earthnut?
The forager eagerly dug up an earthnut from the soft woodland soil.
Traditional recipes often use earthnuts as a flavorful substitute for chestnuts.
She tasted the roasted earthnut and was surprised by its nutty flavor.

Synonyms

Conopodium denudatum

vsearthnut

Specialized

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A small European plant with edible tubers that taste like roasted chestnuts

uses a different scientific name for the same plant

Compounds

earthnut pea

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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 (transparent) = earth + nut

The compound straightforwardly denotes an edible tuber found in the earth, matching the literal senses of 'earth' and 'nut'.

Etymology

The word earthnut comes from earth 'ground' and nut 'edible seed', so it names small, nut-like foods that grow under the soil. A plant with little roastable tubers that taste like chestnuts became known as an earthnut because its edible bits are found in the earth.