GROUNDNUT VINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does groundnut vine mean? 

• GROUNDNUT VINE (noun)
  The noun GROUNDNUT VINE has 1 sense:

1. a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans

  Familiarity information: GROUNDNUT VINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROUNDNUT VINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Apios americana; Apios tuberosa; groundnut; groundnut vine; Indian potato; potato bean; wild bean

Hypernyms ("groundnut vine" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Meronyms (parts of "groundnut vine"):

groundnut; potato bean; wild bean (nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans)

Holonyms ("groundnut vine" is a member of...):

Apios; genus Apios (twining perennial North American plants)