Noun
The fruit of the Arachis hypogaea (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut.
A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste.
The dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia).
A European plant of the genus Bunium (B. flexuosum), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also earthnut, earth chestnut, hawknut, and pignut.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn other news, the Nigerian youths participating in the EndSARS protest at Lekki Toll Gate have warmed hearts on social media after donating over N500,000 to an elderly woman selling groundnut at the protest ground. Source: Internet
Oil had not been discovered then, and our revenue was mainly from farming: in the North, there were the groundnut pyramids; in the South, cocoa; while in the East, you had the palm kernel. Source: Internet
The people of Kwara and Kogi states are known for the production of coffee, palm oil, cashew, groundnut, yam, cassava, maize, guinea corn, millet and beans. Source: Internet
Like oil palm and groundnut, which were major foreign exchange earners in the 1950s and 1960s, Cocoa slipped down the chart on the list of Nigeria’s top crops for export. Source: Internet
RAJKOT: Farmers of Rajkot district have strongly opposed to the tags attached by the state government on the purchase of groundnut through the support price mechanism. Source: Internet
But, I don’t build groundnut pyramids. Source: Internet