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Definition of earth chestnut

earth chestnut
Groundnut Ground"nut` (-n[u^]t`), n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of the Arachis hypog[ae]a (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut. (b) A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. (c) The dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia). [U. S.] --Gray. (d) 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. [1913 Webster]

Meaning of earth chestnut from wikipedia

- Earth chestnut is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Bunium bulbocastanum Conopodium majus This page is an index of articles on plant species...
- uses) variously including kippernut, cipernut, arnut, jarnut, hawknut, earth chestnut, groundnut, and earthnut. From its po****rity with pigs come the names...
- Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut, is a species of flowering plant in the maple, soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is a large, deciduous...
- The Pillars of the Earth is an historical novel by British author Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town...
- The Chestnut Centre (or in full, Chestnut Centre Otter, Owl and Wildlife Park) was a wildlife park near Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, UK. It opened...
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- Hundred-Horse Chestnut (Italian: Castagno dei Cento Cavalli; Sicilian: CastagnuCentu Cavaddi) is the largest and oldest known chestnut tree in the world...
- for brown or for a specific shade of brown is derived from the word for chestnut (castanea in Latin). In Southeast Asia, the color name often comes from...
- September 14, 2016. An old chestnut recycled: Miss Earth: Lakhani, Nina (August 23, 2009). "An old chestnut recycled: Miss Earth". The Independent. Retrieved...