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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 Earthnut (disambiguation) This page is an index...
- uses) variously including kippernut, cipernut, arnut, jarnut, hawknut, earth chestnut, groundnut, and earthnut. From its po****rity with pigs come the names...
- called horse-chestnut, European horsechestnut, buckeye, and conker tree. It is not to be confused with the sweet chestnut or Spanish chestnut, Castanea sativa...
- September 14, 2016. An old chestnut recycled: Miss Earth: Lakhani, Nina (August 23, 2009). "An old chestnut recycled: Miss Earth". The Independent. Retrieved...
- The Pillars of the Earth is a historical novel by British author Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town...
- Cyrus Chestnut (born January 17, 1963) is an American jazz pianist, composer and producer. In 2006, Josh Tyrangiel, music critic for Time, wrote: "What...
- 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...
- Earth tone is a term used to describe a palette of colors that are similar to natural materials and landscapes. These colors are inspired by the earth's...
- Hundred-Horse Chestnut (Italian: Castagno dei Cento Cavalli; Sicilian: CastagnuCentu Cavaddi) is the largest and oldest known chestnut tree in the world...
- Ents are sentient beings in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth who closely resemble trees; their leader is Treebeard of Fangorn forest....