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groundnut

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Plants
ground·nut /ˈɡraʊndnʌt/ noun [countable]  British English technicalHBP a peanut or peanut plant 落花生,花生;花生植株
Examples from the Corpus
groundnutSorting machines incorporating microprocessors have been ordered in the past few weeks to upgrade rice, coffee and groundnuts.Her people are farmers growing just enough food for themselves and a little rice and groundnuts as cash crops.In the surrounding fields, men and women harvest maize, sorghum and groundnuts.It has relied on groundnut oil as its primary source of export revenue for decades.Tobacco, tea, coffee, sugar, groundnuts and cotton were exported.
ground·nut nounChineseSyllable
peanut peanut or plant a Corpus


groundnut
groundnut /ˈɡraʊndnʌt/ noun [countable]
British English technical a peanut or peanut plant


ground·nutBrE /ˈɡraʊndnʌt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡraʊndnʌt/ 🔊 noun (BrE) = peanut