HOG PEANUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hog peanut mean? 

• HOG PEANUT (noun)
  The noun HOG PEANUT has 1 sense:

1. vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts

  Familiarity information: HOG PEANUT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOG PEANUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amphicarpa bracteata; Amphicarpaea bracteata; hog peanut; wild peanut

Hypernyms ("hog peanut" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("hog peanut" is a member of...):

Amphicarpa; Amphicarpaea; genus Amphicarpa; genus Amphicarpaea (very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia: hog peanut)