Groundnut
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Groundnut
may refer to:
Seeds that ripen underground, of the following plants, all in the
Faboideae
subfamily of the legumes:
Arachis hypogaea
, the peanut
Arachis villosulicarpa
, a perennial peanut species
Vigna subterranea
, the Bambara groundnut
Macrotyloma geocarpum
, the Hausa groundnut
Roots and tubers:
Apios americana
, the American groundnut or potato-bean
Conopodium majus
, called the kippernut among many other names
Panax trifolius
, or dwarf ginseng