Ground'-nŭt, n.

n. (Bot.) (a.) The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa, a native of South America; the peanut; the earth-nut. (b.) A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers, and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. Dewey. (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 earth-nut, earth-chest-nut, hawk-nut, and pig-nut.