groundnut vine
- noun
- /ˈɡraʊndˌnʌt vaɪn/
- Specialized
:
planta de cacahuate
- She grew a groundnut vine in her garden to try its delicious tubers.
Examples
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In the garden, the groundnut vine climbs up trellises, displaying its fragrant blossoms.
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The edible tubers of the groundnut vine were an important food source for some tribes.
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Clusters of purple flowers appear on the groundnut vine in late summer.
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The groundnut vine produces beautiful flowers.
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Many groundnut vines grow in the wild.
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The groundnut vine yields edible tubers that were traditionally harvested by Native Americans.
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Many Native Americans relied on the groundnut vine for its nutritious tubers during the harvest season.
Synonyms
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7.7
A North American plant with an edible underground root eaten by Native Americans
A North American vine that climbs and has purple-brown flowers and edible underground roots
A North American climbing plant with sweet-smelling flowers and edible tubers used like potatoes
A North American vine with sweet-smelling flowers and edible roots used for food
A climbing plant from North America with edible underground roots that Native Americans used as food
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'groundnut vine' is transparently composed: it denotes a vine (twining plant) that is a groundnut (Apios) or produces groundnuts. This simple noun+noun composition follows regular English compounding patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who already knows the meanings of 'groundnut' and 'vine'.
Etymology
Groundnut vine may come from a simple picture: it is a vine that makes tasty tubers in the ground, like small nuts. Because those tubers were eaten as 'food' by Native Americans, the name stuck and now means this climbing plant with edible underground parts.