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earthnut

earth·nut
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [urth-nuht]
    • /ˈɜrθˌnʌt/
    • /ˈɜːθ.nʌt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [urth-nuht]
    • /ˈɜrθˌnʌt/

Definitions of earthnut word

  • noun earthnut any of various roots, tubers, or underground growths, as the peanut and the truffle. 1
  • noun earthnut any of the plants producing these. 1
  • noun earthnut A Eurasian plant of the parsley family, which has an edible roundish tuber and is typically found in woodland and acid pasture. 1
  • noun earthnut a perennial umbelliferous plant, Conopodium majus, of Europe and Asia, having edible dark brown tubers 0
  • noun earthnut any of various plants having an edible root, tuber, underground pod, or similar part, such as the peanut or truffle 0
  • noun earthnut the root, tuber, or underground pod of various plants, as the peanut 0

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Origin of earthnut

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English erthenote, Old English eorthnutu. See earth, nut

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Parts of speech for Earthnut

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

earthnut popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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