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A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground

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  1. n. A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground
  2. n. The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum.
  3. n. The peanut. See Peanut.
  4. n. any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
  5. n. a common European plant having edible tubers with the flavor of roasted chestnuts
  6. n. pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; ‘groundnut’ and ‘monkey nut’ are British terms
  7. n. edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber
  8. A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground; as to: (a) The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum. (b) The peanut. See Peanut.
  9. A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under oron the ground; as to:(a) The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosumand Carum Bulbocastanum.(b) The peanut. See Peanut.
  10. n. a common European plant having edible tubers with the flavor of roasted chestnuts