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Synonyms for earth-nut

  • noun

Most common

pig-nut earth chestnut swine-bread hawknut ground nut peanut truffle black caraway

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Earth chestnut — any of various roots, tubers, or pods that grow underground, A tuber belonging to the species Conopodium…

earth chestnut, pig-nut, swine-bread, hawknut

2. Ground nut

ground nut, monkey nut UK, peanut, goober, goober pea dated US

Other

truffle, black caraway

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any of various roots, tubers, or pods that grow underground: A tuber belonging to the species Conopodium majus (syns. Bunium flexuosum, Conopodium denudatum), Bunium bulbocastanum (syn. Carum bulbocastanum), or Apios americana (syn. Apios tuberosa).

  2. n. 2

    Any of various roots, tubers, or pods that grow underground: A dwarf ginseng: Panax trifolius.

Related words

Other spellings
earthnut

Forms

Plural
earth-nuts → pig-nuts, swine-breads, hawknuts, peanuts…

Example sentences

  • peanut I thought you said you were sick of peanut butter.

By length

6 letters
peanut2, goober
7 letters
truffle2, hawknut

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (peanut2 = 2 syllables).