groundnut
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈgraʊndnʌt/
- UK
:
cacahuete
- I bought a bag of groundnuts to use as a healthy snack during our road trip.
- groundnut sauce
- shrimp with groundnut
- sell groundnuts
Examples
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In villages, one of the favorite relishes makes use of pulverized groundnuts, which provide the desirable protein combination. Although, because they provide an income source, they are often sold rather than eaten.
Academic text (1993) -
She may then package for sale such finished products as detergent, sugar, groundnuts, grain, cigarettes, candy, and soft drinks.
Academic text (1993) -
On this groundnut farm was a very old hut.
Academic text (2008) -
In colonial times, cheap broken rice was imported to feed the labor force employed to grow groundnut for export.
Blog text (24) -
In urban markets, groundnuts are more expensive than soy flour.
Academic text (1993) -
OK, you just ate groundnut soup or peanut soup with tilapia and fufu.
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At dawn, we plowed the fields and sowed corn, sorghum, and groundnuts.
Fiction book (2000) -
Cassava, sweet potatoes, maize, and groundnuts were introduced at various times beginning in the sixteenth century and spread, often replacing existing crops.
Academic text (1993) -
At times, my brothers, sisters, and I would take groundnuts (peanuts) to Oko during his visits to the Nnim Etim house, and he would place them in front of Nnim Etim, telling him that it was a present from us.
Academic text (1999) -
As significantly, in some major food staples—maize, millet, cassava, and yams—production in 3, 5, or 6 of the past seven years has exceeded the highest prior production levels, which was also true for groundnuts and rice.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
A small seed that grows in a pod underground and is eaten as a snack
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1.0
A large hard seed with a shell that you can eat
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8.9
A peanut in its shell that usually has two seeds
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6.1
A peanut that is still in its shell, often with two nuts inside
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2.0
A hard-shelled seed with an edible part inside, like an almond or walnut
The pod of the peanut plant that holds the edible nuts
A dry pod on the peanut plant that has two seeds you can eat
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word groundnut comes from the English parts ground meaning 'ground' and nut meaning 'nut'. It is used for the peanut because its pod develops at or under the soil, so calling it a 'groundnut' reminds you the 'nut' comes from the ground, and in British English people also call peanuts 'monkey nuts'.